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Manchester United's new goalkeeper Janina Leitzig swaps Leicester City veg patches for Old Trafford ambitions ahead of the WSL season.
AIManchester United have snapped up goalkeeper Janina Leitzig from Leicester City - and she's already plotting her next move. Not on the pitch, mind you, but in the garden.
The German stopper, who spent her time at Leicester growing vegetables like a proper allotment enthusiast, admits she's currently without a garden in Manchester. Devastating stuff.
Leitzig heads to a pre-season training camp in La Manga, where she'll be sharpening her skills and building chemistry with her new squad. She's spoken about the modern goalkeeper's balancing act - playing out from the back while not forgetting the basics of actually stopping shots.
She'll be competing alongside Phallon Tullis-Joyce between the sticks, and sounds genuinely buzzing about the partnership, The Guardian reports.
United launch their WSL campaign against London City Lionesses on 4 September. Leitzig can hardly wait. Neither, presumably, can her tomato plants.
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