Van de Donk signs for London City

London City Lionesses have confirmed the signing of Danielle van de Donk from Lyon.

The newly promoted Women’s Super League team agreed a two-year deal with the Dutch midfielder.

The 33-year-old has won four consecutive league titles with Lyon since joining in 2021, also winning the Champions League in 2022, but her contract ran out at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Van de Donk has previous experience in the WSL after spending six years with Arsenal between 2015 and 2021. She won the WSL title, FA Cup and Women’s League Cup with the Gunners, scoring 27 goals and registering 18 assists in 96 WSL matches.

The midfielder also won the 2017 Euros with the Netherlands, for whom she has made 167 appearances, on home soil and also reached the World Cup final in 2019.

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London City are the first independent women’s club, not associated with any men’s team, to play in the WSL.

Van de Donk is looking forward to taking part in a new project with the club.

“It’s just such a nice environment to be in, the club really appeals to me, it reminds me of a little family, and I want to be a part of it,” Van de Donk said.

“The project that London City has. It’s different but in a good way. London City have to battle for everything, and that’s my style.”