However Earps, writing in her autobiography All In, which is out subsequent week and extracts of which have been published in the Guardian,, external stated Hampton’s recall didn’t make her “really feel snug” after the “disharmony the squad had felt earlier than”.
“I felt protecting of the nice vitality we now had in goalkeeper coaching and the morale of the broader workforce,” she defined. “Dangerous behaviour is being rewarded.”
Earps remained England’s primary for the 2023 Girls’s World Cup the place she was named the Goalkeeper of the Match, saving a penalty within the closing as her aspect had been overwhelmed 1-0 by Spain.
Nevertheless, Hampton started to get extra alternatives in 2024 and, when handed the beginning spot, Earps admitted: “This felt unjust. My eyes welled with tears.
“It was a alternative that went towards my core values. The affinity I had for Sarina and this job – one I would given each final cell of myself to – was being destroyed, the belief and respect evaporating.”
In April, 2025, Wiegman then instructed the Paris St-Germain keeper she was not thought-about England’s predominant starter.
“I felt the burden of my coronary heart sink to the ground and the reduction that I lastly had readability elevate from my shoulders abruptly,” wrote Earps.
With Euro 2025 arising in June, she introduced her retirement from worldwide soccer.
Earps stated her preliminary choice was not accepted and agreed to consider it additional – a call she now regrets – earlier than ultimately calling time on her Lionesses profession.
Hampton, now 24, performed all six matches on the Euros, saving two penalties within the decisive shootout towards Spain within the closing.
In a separate interview with the Guardian, external, Earps didn’t wish to go into extra particulars in regards to the “disruptive habits”, however added: “She is an excellent goalkeeper and I’ve tried to attract a line below all that. I’ve messaged her privately to say, ‘look, no dangerous blood’.”
