Republic of Ireland star Amber Barrett has a new club.
Amber Barrett has signed for Belgian club Standard Liege after four years in Germany’s Bundesliga with FC Koln and Turbine Potsdam.
With Republic of Ireland boss Vera Pauw set to name her World Cup squad inside he next fortnight, the 26-year-old Milford woman announced the move on her own Instagram page, saying: "Unbelievably proud to announce I will be joining Standard Femina."
Pauw is due to name her final squad on 29 June, when she will whittle the number down from 31 to 23 players and three travelling training members.
Tallaght Stadium will host sold-out send-off friendlies against Zambia and France on 22 June and 6 July.
Ireland will then travel to their Brisbane base where they’ll take on Colombia in a behind closed doors game on July 14.
Their highly-anticipated opener against co-hosts Australia takes place six days later at Sydney’s 83,500-capacity Stadium Australia. The Girls In Green also face Olympic champions Canada in Perth, and Nigeria in Brisbane, in Group B.
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