As exclusively revealed by Arseblog News earlier this month, former Lyon and PSG goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi has joined the club on a short term deal. With Sabrina D’Angelo likely to go to the Gold Cup in February, the 37-year-old French keeper is a free agent.
Bouhaddi enjoyed great success over the course of a 13-year spell with Lyon, helping the French side to win 11 league titles, eight French Cups and eight UEFA Women’s Champions Leagues, most recently in 2022. At international level, she has won 149 caps for France
Sarah will wear the No.86 shirt.
“I’m delighted to be joining Arsenal and to become part of this great club,” said Sarah. “Arsenal has so much history across both the men’s and women’s teams and I’ve always admired the club. I’m excited to get the opportunity to play in a league that is going from strength to strength and I want to bring my experience to help the rest of the squad. I can’t wait to get started.”
Head Coach Jonas Eidevall said: “We’re really pleased to bring Sarah to Arsenal to help us over the coming weeks. There aren’t many goalkeepers in world football with the breadth of experience and knowledge that Sarah has, so we’re delighted to bring her in to supplement our goalkeeping options.”
Director of Women’s Football Clare Wheatley said: “Sarah is a vastly experienced international goalkeeper and we are very pleased that she was available to join us on this short-term deal. She has a proven track record at the highest level of the game and we believe she is the perfect player to come in for this period.”
Jolly good. Experience and a winning mentality. Good backup keeper.
I nearly had a heart attack reading somewhere online : “Arsenal signs keeper”.
I’m unspeakably happy that it’s for our women’s team!
She seems like a really sensible choice as cover. Impressive credentials!
Welcome to our club, Sarah!
Eight Champions League victories! Good God.
That was during Lyon’s purple patch. They could probably had a scarecrow in goal and still won the Champions League! Not too shabby a keeper in her day though being honest.
I what a black 86 shirt
I still think we should sign Mary Earps at arsenal.
I’ve gone off Mary Earps. She was great last season but with Utd struggling a bit this season she is showing she is only human after all! I’d rather snatch Ellie Roebuck from City, she’ll be less expensive, less arrogant, and have a lot more years to give!