Reading FC Women exodus begins as Gemma Evans heads to Manchester United

The Telegraph is reporting that Reading FC Women defender Gemma Evans is headed to FA WSL side Manchester United.

According to the broadsheet: “Manchester United are close to completing the signing of Wales defender Gemma Evans, Telegraph Sport can reveal.”

Welsh international Evans, who has almost a half-century of caps for her country, originally joined the Royals in 2021 from Bristol City.

Evans is the latest expected departure following Reading’s decision to revert to part-time status following relegation from the FA Women’s Super League.

Captain Emma Mukandi has already left following the expiry of her contract while Faye Bryson and Chloe Peplow.

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Tom Canning is the co-editor of Football in Berkshire. He has played at the lowest possible level of football in the Bracknell Sunday League Fourth Division. In real life Tom is a Freelance Digital Content Producer having spent 20 years at Reach PLC, starting out on the Reading Evening Post - as well as a year with The Cricketer Magazine. He co-founded Football in Berkshire with Darrell Freeland in 2016. He is the former manager of Bracknell Town Ladies Reserves and Binfield Ladies in the Thames Valley Women's League.

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