Earps was a massively standard determine at United following her arrival in 2019 from Wolfsburg.
She performed each league recreation for 4 seasons as United’s outright primary and gained the Girls’s FA Cup in Might 2024 – the membership’s first main trophy – earlier than heading to France when her contract expired.
Earps had been provided a brand new deal to remain however, after a lot deliberation, she rejected it, saying the membership have been making ready to “bear a interval of transition” that “didn’t align” with the place she was in her profession.
“I believe she’s going to get a very good reception. Her time at Manchester United was superb,” ex-England midfielder Fara Williams advised Soccer Focus.
“She took them to their first Champions League end whereas she was there. She had second-placed finishes with United, performed in FA Cup finals. She had a good time on the membership and the followers adored her, so I am positive she’ll return to a very good reception.”
Earps, although, was much less hopeful.
“I am in all probability anticipating a bit of booing,” she admitted. “I hope it is a bit of bit, but it surely is likely to be lots.
“A number of of the followers have come out to assist me at PSG, however Manchester United is their primary staff. I perceive that.”
Whereas he cannot management what reception Earps will obtain, Skinner stated he was trying ahead to welcoming her again to Manchester and hopes the brand new e-book won’t change individuals’s perceptions of her.
“Deep down I do know Mary is an efficient particular person,” he added. “I am positive a part of bringing out a e-book is bringing out controversial stuff that can assist promote the e-book. I do know that she has to defend that publicly.
“Understanding the human she is, I am positive she shall be getting criticism that she will not like. It is a part of the opposite facet of releasing a e-book.
“However she’s an ideal particular person, she would not want me to say that basically. I hope individuals toe the road with criticism, however I am positive Mary understands the state of affairs she’s put herself in.
“She’s on a platform the place persons are inquisitive about what she says, in order that’s a credit score to her and to her onerous work.
“The goalkeeper we had at the beginning, to the one which left, was not the identical particular person. She remodeled.”
