Earlier than England’s penultimate Ladies’s Nations League group recreation, all the consideration was on Mary Earps’ retirement. After the match, a unique identify dominated the headlines: Aggie Beever-Jones.
The ahead seized her alternative within the absence of injured duo Alessia Russo and Ella Toone, scoring a 33-minute hat-trick in opposition to Portugal.
Tipping her to make an impression at Euro 2025, former England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley praised her versatility, motion and goalscoring prowess.
“She will be able to play on the precise, left, and in central areas. She’s consistently on the transfer, looking for the precise alternative to pounce on defenders,” she informed BBC Radio 5 Dwell.
“She isn’t offside. She is a real goalscorer, placing herself about, making a nuisance of herself.”
Beever-Jones, who joined Chelsea’s academy aged 9, was the Blues’ prime goal-scorer within the WSL final season with 9 and likewise claimed the winner of their FA Cup semi-final in opposition to Liverpool to maintain them on monitor for a home treble.