Mary Earps admits that Paris Saint-Germain’s Women’s Champions League exit was “gutting”, with “extraordinary” feats now expected from her.
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- Left Man Utd for new challenge in France
- Suffered early exit from European competition
- Operates under the brightest of spotlights
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WHAT HAPPENED?
The England international is a two-time winner of the FIFA Best Women’s Goalkeeper award and helped the Lionesses to European Championship glory in Euro 2022 – helping to raise her profile throughout the world. She took the brave decision to leave her homeland at Manchester United in the summer of 2024 and head to France.
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WHAT EARPS SAID
PSG suffered elimination from elite continental competition early in Earps’ time with the club, and she has told of suffering a 5-2 aggregate defeat to Juventus in the second round of qualifying: “I can’t really put it any other way than it was gutting. Especially with that being a massive factor into why I made the move to Paris. It was unfortunate, the way it happened. I think, in all honesty, we didn’t play our best and we got what we deserved, but it was just really unfortunate and is really hard to get past.”
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Earps’ efforts in Paris were always going to come under scrutiny, with any supposed wobbles being magnified. She added on operating under the brightest of spotlights: “It is a massive compliment but you do get criticised more and held to a higher standard than what other people do. Then the extraordinary is expected. But, the reality of it is that I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m really grateful for everything that I’ve achieved and the exciting thing for me is that I still feel like I’ve got room for improvement.”
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WHAT NEXT?
Earps faces fierce competition for places with PSG and England, meaning that she has to find a way of maintaining impressive individual standards. The 31-year-old will never back down from such a challenge and remains determined to play important roles for club and country.
