Manchester United will be fielding a professional women’s team in the FA Women’s Championship later this year after an application was approved by the FA.
A release from the official United website also went on to say that the team would be playing at The Cliff once development work takes place at the historic training ground at Salford.
#MUFC‘s application to establish a professional women’s team has been approved by The @FA. 🔴
More information: https://t.co/tOExNPvamx pic.twitter.com/iTQ4PyVOKl
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 28, 2018
Ed Woodward, the United Executive Vice Chairman also added that there will be a lot of exciting announcements in the coming weeks and that this is going to be a challenging project.
“We will be making some exciting announcements in the coming days and weeks. Starting a professional team from scratch is challenging but rewarding and we will make every effort to provide the support and experience for the new women’s team to be successful and to uphold the fine traditions of our great club.”
Twitter also had its fair share of excited United fans as many wanted the club to name Alex Morgan as their new signing.
Womanchester United am i right
— Aziz⛅️ (@UtdAziz) May 28, 2018
Announce alex morgan
— . (@MartialFactor) May 28, 2018
Announce @alexmorgan13
— Hassan Kaafi Ak🇸🇴 (@HassanKaafiAk1) May 28, 2018
Please sign her 😍❤️ pic.twitter.com/zPKYrWaSng
— Grace 👸🏼 (@GraceVDH) May 28, 2018
Fantastic initiative by the club. Hope the team reaches new highs and win trophies!
— The United Link 🏆 (@TheUnitedLink) May 28, 2018
@alexmorgan13 😉😉 pic.twitter.com/b35YqbeMNh
— Abdulrhman Tarim (@abdulrhmantarim) May 28, 2018
Important thing to remember for all #MUFC fans. This is a very new team, DO NOT EXPECT INSTANT SUCCESS. Give this team time to grow, to create its own identity, instead of putting it in the shadow of the men’s side. Be excited, but manage expectations!!!
— Guillaume Trounson (@TrounsonG95) May 28, 2018
A very welcomed development 👏🏽
— Waz (@wazzz_r) May 28, 2018
About time
— Henrik 🇸🇪 (@ffsLund) May 28, 2018
Poach some staff from Lyon for this
— rosewaspinkdiamond (@chaimz98) May 28, 2018
Announce her to captain the team @alexmorgan13 ❤❤ pic.twitter.com/ku3bxoCcEh
— M Jeez (@mahadjeez) May 28, 2018
Another great thing happening in the great club well done #MUFC
— Aman (@AliAman1988) May 28, 2018
Hurrah!!!!!!!!!
— Audrey (@audrey_ljn) May 28, 2018
