Kyra Cooney Cross has revealed that she now understands the expectations placed on her at Arsenal Women.
The Australian midfielder crowned Arsenal women’s 2023 summer transfer business; she joined Alessia Russo, Cloe Lacasse (who’s left), Laia Codina, and Amanda Ilestedt as the firepower to help the Gunner women move on from an injury-ridden 2022–23 campaign.
Jonas Eidevall, the Arsenal boss, did not immediately throw Kyra into the deep end. Yes, she made a 4 minute cameo appearance in Arsenal’s 1-0 loss to Liverpool on WSL match day 1 for her debut; however, after that brief cameo, she sat on the bench in the next 4 games before getting a full debut when Arsenal beat Leicester 6-2 on WSL match day 6.
Ever since that Leicester game, she’s kept on building her consistency in red and white. As she enters her second season as a Gunner, she expresses how optimistic she is about this new campaign.
She says that last season, she had to adjust to the many things that come with moving to a new club, but now she fully understands what the Arsenal technical bench expects of her; she has gotten used to her teammates and now goes to every game full of confidence.
“Coming in last season, it was difficult, coming into a new team, new club. I understand know what Jonas wants from me. Obviously, playing with the girls more, I’m a lot more comfortable. It’s easy coming on the pitch being comfortable with what I need to do,“ said Kyra.
With Lia Walti just back from a major injury and Victoria Pelova expected to be out for an extended period of time, Kyra has a big role to play for Arsenal as they aim to start the new season on a high.
She’s played a pivotal role in Arsenal’s UEFA women’s Champions League round 1 qualifiers, playing every moment of the 6-0 win over Rangers and the 1-0 win over Rosenborg. Eidevall certainly trusts her, and hopefully she continues to repay the faith he has in her.
Katie P
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