Leicester City Women Complete the Permanent Signing of Poppy Pritchard
LCFC Women sign centre forward Poppy Pritchard
Leicester City Women have completed the permanent signing of Poppy Pritchard from Manchester City.
The 20-year-old centre-forward has agreed a three-year contract at King Power Stadium and join following a loan spell with Celtic.
Speaking to LCFC.com, Pritchard said: “I am super excited to sign for the club. The club has high aspirations, and I want to be part of a team that wants to win games and do well for the supporters.”
A product of the Durham academy, Poppy broke into the Wildcats senior team aged 17 and would make 21 appearances in WSL2 before earning a move to Manchester City January 2024.
Developmental loan spells with Crystal Palace and Newcastle United followed before she returned to Durham for the first half of the 2025/26 season; making 15 appearances in five months.
The England youth international now makes the move to Leicestershire off the back of 14 additional appearances across the second half of 2025/26 with Celtic in the SWPL.
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