Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw has signed a new four-year contract with the club, just days after it looked like she would be leaving the Women’s Super League champions this summer.
The Jamaica forward finished as the WSL’s top scorer for a third successive season, netting 21 goals in 22 games as City won the title for the first time since 2016.
Chelsea had been favourites to sign her as a free agent after contract renewal discussions broke down.
But Shaw, 29, announced her new deal until 2030 on stage at City’s end-of-season celebrations, where she received the player of the season trophy.
“I am still here, I am still hungry and there is no place I would rather be,” she said.
Shaw added that she was “happy to announce I will be staying at the football club”, before being mobbed by her team-mates.
This season she also won the Football Writers’ Association women’s footballer of the year award and was named WSL player of the season.
City face Brighton in the Women’s FA Cup final on Sunday as they hunt a domestic double.
Shaw has scored 26 goals and provided seven assists in 31 appearances in all competitions so far this term.
Since joining City in 2021, she has 117 goals in 137 appearances and is the club’s record goalscorer.
“It’s a huge statement from City that we’ve secured the services of one of the best centre-forwards in the world,” said director of football Therese Sjogran.
