Southampton FC Women have signed Mary Bashford and Ellie Brazil following their departures from Barclays WSL2 rivals Charlton Athletic.
Brazil was the Player of the Year and Player’s Player of the Year for last season’s third place side, scoring eight goals.
The former England youth international has played for Birmingham City, Brighton and Tottenham in the WSL, as well as Fiorentina in Serie A.
Brazil told southamptonfc.com: “I played at St Mary’s at the last game of the season and I thought ‘this is an incredible stadium’, and it’s probably by far the best in the WSL2 and competes with a lot of the WSL.
“I thought I’d be really interested to see what the facilities were like at the training ground and see what the club’s prospects were, and it all kind of aligned as we continued the conversations.
“I’m really excited to get going, meet the girls, the staff, and also meet the fans. It should be a really exciting season.”
Mary Bashford, a Charlton academy graduate who progressed to the Addicks’ first team, said: “I’d say I’m a very hard-working midfielder, I’ll get up, box-to-box, and put a lot of energy into the team and just do as much as I can to win games.
“I can’t wait to see [the fans] and I’m really excited for our first game to meet everyone and feel the atmosphere at St Mary’s.”
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