Chelsea steal Arsenal's Women
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Arsenal's domination of the English women's game is set for a new challenge following the shock exits of Lianne Sanderson and Anita Asante to Chelsea.
Striker Sanderson, 20, and midfielder Asante, 23, have joined the Blues' growing band of internationals.
Newly appointed Blues boss Steve Jones has also recently moved from Arsenal - where he was reserve team boss.
He said: "We've now got five England players and hopefully there will be a couple more internationals coming in."
Jones added: "The women's team are starting to get good backing from above and these fantastic signings show the intent the club has got."
"These great signings (of Sanderson and Asante) will tell the women's football world that this could be the place to come and play your football."
Sanderson told BBC London 94.9: "It's going to be an exciting year for both of us. "I've been at Arsenal for 12 years so obviously it's a big step."
"But it looks like it's going in the right direction, and we're hoping to come here and help them do that."
Both were also a part of the record breaking quadruple winning side of 2006/07.
Chelsea suffered a traumatic season last year, with changes to their management set-up and a disappointing final finish of 5th in the Women's Premier League.
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so ugly
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Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:
so ugly
i doubt you can do any better
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is this a sign that arsenal is really paying more than money for their stadium?
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No, its a sign that Roman wants domination in women football as well... And whats the best way of doing that... Take the players away from the best team and put them in yours... This way, they get weaker and yours get stronger... lol
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lol
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another post to defame chelsea, and now you want to defame the womens team also? pfft