England coach Sarina Wiegman believes Leah Williamson is ready to make her long-awaited return in Friday바카라s Euro 2025 qualifier against Sweden. (More Football News)
Williamson trained on her own on Tuesday after coming off at half-time of Arsenal바카라s Conti Cup final win over Chelsea on Sunday.
But she trained with the group on Wednesday and if she makes it through Thursday바카라s session unscathed she will be in contention to make her first international appearance in 12 months as the Lionesses begin their qualification campaign.
She has not featured for her country since suffering an ACL injury last April, having pulled out of a training squad in March with a hamstring strain.
바카라We need to manage it a little bit. She had a full training session on Wednesday, she will be on the pitch today (Thursday), so that looks really good,바카라 Wiegman said.
바카라We know where she has come from, she is still building but she is in a good place and she is ready, if she comes through today OK.
바카라It바카라s just really good that she is back, first of all for herself because she is so excited to come back, that means she is fit, it is good to have a quality player in the squad.
바카라We are in a good place already and now we are in an even better place.바카라
Williamson, who returned to club duty in January, captained the Lionesses to glory in Euro 2022 and Wiegman said she would resume her leadership duties if she was selected at Wembley.
바카라We have another training session. Leah is our team captain 바카라 that will not change, but we want to get through this training session first and then see what final decision we make tomorrow,바카라 the Dutchwoman added.
바카라If she plays, she would be captain, we just want to get through the training session and see how she is and how the team is. She needs that team environment from where she has come.바카라
Wiegman was asked for her opinion on Emma Hayes바카라 confrontation with Gunners counterpart Jonas Eidevall after that final at Molineux.
The Chelsea boss said after the game that male aggression was a problem in the women바카라s game, but Wiegman did not bite.
바카라It was a great final, very competitive, so the emotion builds up,바카라 she said.
바카라I haven바카라t been there in that situation so I really don바카라t want to comment about that one day before the most important game in a couple of months for us.바카라
