Chelsea to sign Lyon defender Ellie Carpenter in swap deal for Ashley Lawrence
OL Lyonnes defender Ellie Carpenter is set to join Chelsea in a swap deal for full-back Ashley Lawrence.
Australia international Carpenter is expected to sign a three-year deal at Kingsmeadow with Lawrence in turn returning to France after two seasons in west London.
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Carpenter joined Lyon in 2020 from Portland Thorns and has helped them to four consecutive league titles and two Champions League trophies — in 2020 and 2022.
She started at right-back in both legs of Lyon's Champions League semi-final defeat by eventual winners Arsenal last season.
The 25-year-old is also experienced at international level, having earned her first Matildas cap as a teenager and competed for her country at three Olympic Games and two World Cups.
The right-back started her professional career at Western Sydney Wanderers and has also played for Canberra United and on loan for Melbourne City in her homeland.
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She will directly replace Lawrence, 30, in Sonia Bompastor's all-conquering squad, who won a domestic treble last season.
Canada international Lawrence joined Chelsea from Paris Saint-Germain after six years in the French capital and has made 60 appearances for the club in all competitions.
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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