A Whole Lotte Hope

Jen O’Neill’s cover interview with the Arsenal and England centre-back, back at the club she grew up with after three years in the American college game, a senior England debut in February and a Team GB place at Tokyo. Wubben-Moy opens on the value of being able to choose, having taken a week off in Italy with her partner Tao Geoghegan Hart, and argues that the people running the game should listen to players and put more women in decision-making roles. She discusses partnering Jen Beattie, Leah Williamson, Millie Bright and Alex Greenwood, preferring the right side, and rates Fran Kirby and the Chelsea front line hardest to mark. She talks about Common Goal and Hackney Laces, keeping Kelly Smith’s autograph on an Oyster card holder, and her pride in Ella Toone, Georgia Stanway and Alessia Russo.