Katie McCabe said she is proud of what she has achieved at Arsenal amid widespread suggestions she is set to leave the club at the end of the season.
The Republic of Ireland captain's contract runs out at the end of the season, with her international manager Carla Ward hinting strongly last week that McCabe was headed elsewhere, saying "wherever she moves, in my opinion, that club will be getting a top player".
With Arsenal still having eight games remaining in their Women's Super League season and still in the hunt to defend their Champions League title, McCabe was unwilling to be too definitive but was in reflective mood regarding her decade at the north London club.
Since joining the club initially from Shelbourne (formerly Raheny United) in late 2015, McCabe has been there through the Super League's growth in the past decade.
"At the minute I'll have a contract till the end of the season," McCabe told RTÉ Radio 1's Inside Sport as she was unveiled as an ambassador for Children's Health Ireland.
"I've been at the club so long, I've always given 100% and that's the way it's going to continue to be.
"I'm so proud of what I've achieved over the 10 years. I am in my prime still and I'm still as hungry as ever.
"It's been an incredible 10 years but yeah we'll see at the end of the season.
"I've grown up here - from 19, 20 years old to now having turned 30.
"The fans have watched me grow from a young Irish kid to where I am now, picking up a Champions League trophy with them.
Katie McCabe of Arsenal celebrates with the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy after the UEFA Women's Champions League final match between Arsenal and Barcelona at Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon, Portugal.
Arsenal beat Barcelona to win the Champions League last May
"You develop such a relationship with the fans. Like, I've been there since the start when we only had a couple of hundred people at Boreham Wood. Now, we're selling out the Emirates.
"Being a part of that journey with the fans has been incredible. The Arsenal fans know how committed I am being here and they respect that."
McCabe's 10th season at the club culminated in a Champions League success last May, Arsenal beating Barcelona 1-0 in the final in Lisbon thanks to Stina Blackstenius's second half goal.
"We've gotten so close to it in the past. I was captain of the team when we lost to Wolfsburg in the Champions League semi-final [in 2023].
"You don't forget that sort of heartache and the feeling of being so close to something.
"We were so ready and so focused to to get the job done on that day. It'll be a memory that I'll never forget in Lisbon."
Ireland's bid for a second successive World Cup appearance begins on Tuesday with a home tie against France in Tallaght in their League A opener.
Carla Ward's side are guaranteed a play-off appearance at least after earning promotion to League A last October.
Last year certainly ended better than it started. Ireland's hopes of progressing from League B looked doomed after a shocking 4-0 loss to Slovenia 12 months ago.
Ireland won the remainder of their League B games, including a 1-0 win over the Slovenians in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however they were unable to dislodge them from top spot.
But this just teed up glory later in the year, Ireland beating Belgium 5-4 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off, McCabe scoring twice in the home leg.
"If you look at 2025 as a whole from an Irish point of view we didn't start the year off very well," says McCabe
"But how we turned it around and got momentum in the Nations League and finished off on a high against Belgium, ultimately getting into League A.
"I'm very proud of how the team turned that around. There's been a lot of transition as well. We've lost a lot of experience, players stepping away. A change in management as well.
"So it was a turbulent start to the year but I'm really happy with how everyone's settled."
24 October 2025; Katie McCabe of Republic of Ireland celebrates after scoring her side's third goal during the UEFA Women's Nations League A/B promotion/relegation play-off first leg match between Republic of Ireland and Belgium at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
McCabe scored twice in the 4-2 win at home to Belgium last October
Ireland are in an intimidating World Cup qualifying group alongside France, Netherlands and Poland.
Worst case scenario, Ireland will be in a play-off, required to win two ties to progress to the World Cup.
McCabe captained the side during the successful qualification campaign for Australia, Amber Barrett's winning goal in Hampden Park back in late 2022 securing Ireland's place at the World Cup for the first time. Replicating that feat is the goal for this year.
"If you look at the group obviously it's going to take a lot of patience. You're coming up against three incredibly strong teams that are really really good with the ball. So we have to be patient without the ball and we have to be so disciplined in how we execute gameplans.
"It was like the weight of the world that was on my shoulders before we qualified for the last one. Ultimately that was lifted but as I said you get a taste for it and you just want to get there again and give the country something to cheer about.
"There's nothing better than World Cups when you're Irish. To give the country a team to get behind would be absolutely incredible.
"It's doable and we just have to be absolutely locked in ready to go."
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Watch Republic of Ireland v France on Tuesday from 7pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow a live blog on the RTÉ News App and on rte.ie/sport. Listen to live commentary on an extended Inside Sport on RTÉ Radio 1.