England star Rachel Daly has been named the Barclays Women’s Super League Player of the Season after a record-breaking first year with Aston Villa.
 After winning Euro 2022 with the Lionesses as a left-back, Daly has excelled as a centre forward for Aston Villa this season, scoring 21 goals in 21 league games.
That saw her beat out tough competition to scoop up the award, for which Sam Kerr, Guro Reiten, Ona Batlle, Leah Galton, Kirsty Hanson, Bunny Shaw and Frida Maanum were also nominated.
Daly’s goal-scoring return is the highest tally in a single season for an Englishwoman in the WSL era and helped Villa secure a fifth-placed finish, with her also playing a key role as the club reached a first ever Women’s FA Cup final.
Daly’s form has also opened up conversations about who England’s starting No.9 will be at the Women’s World Cup this summer. For a while, it seemed certain that berth would go to Manchester United’s Alessia Russo but it will surely be hard for Sarina Wiegman to ignore a player who is averaging a goal a game.
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