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In form of mary earps With the ‘All In’ book tour set to begin, you can imagine what sort of promotion the goalkeeper’s PR team must have been thinking of ahead of their Old Trafford reunion on Wednesday night, before their plans went awry. “Book your place now for an evening with Lioness hero Mary Earps – note, copies will not be signed.”
But there’s still one match left to play and now the Earps are back with their former team Manchester United with Paris Saint Germain It’s an awkward, uncomfortable time for almost everyone involved. As the crowd started moving towards home from the circus,… Women’s Champions League A solution has been devised to prevent this unfortunate cycle from continuing.
In case you weren’t aware, and have somehow managed to avoid several cross-platform interviews with the Earps over the past two weeks, the former England goalkeeper’s book has been released All In: Football, Life, and Learning to Be Unapologetically Me With the backlash having, quite inevitably, dominated the headlines, the juiciest bits have focused on Earps’ surprise retirement from England duty in the weeks leading up to Euro 2025 and his “difficult” relationship with former team-mates. hannah hamptonWho Earps replaced as England No.1 Before the tournament.
This has come as a surprise to the Earps and, more bizarrely, her PR team, which continued to push her toward podcast studios and national broadcasters amid the fallout from her comments on Hampton. Earps, 32, said after the allegations that he did not mean to “dishonor anyone” Hampton was “disruptive and unreliable” Claims to reveal more during Euro 2022 Sarina Wigman “Bad behavior is being rewarded” when Hampton was recalled to the England team.
amid severe rebuke from Hampton’s Chelsea manager Sonia BompastorAs well as some careful criticism of former England players for breaking the unwritten rule of breaking the sacred dressing room bubble, Earps may have expected the same Lionesses fans who were so praising him after his performances at Euro 2022 and the 2023 World Cup to be more sympathetic. Instead, Hampton has received more support, which Saved England during Euro 2025 And she overcame her personal struggles while dealing with the mountain of scrutiny brought about by the Earps’ retirement.
Like his decision to leave the Lionesses before their Euro 2025 triumph, this is not the first time Earps has made a decision has come under questionIn her book, the Earps refer to Hampton as her “rival”, and speak as if her position as England No, 1 was unfairly usurped, The Earps say that Wiegman explained to her that she preferred Hampton’s delivery and abilities as a cleaner, Hampton’s performances in the summer confirmed this, and if Wiegman had legitimate reasons to leave Hampton after Euro 2022, when the goalkeeper was 21, then that should not have stopped Wiegman from recalling him once he was confident he had matured and moved away from that environment,
Hampton has yet to speak on Earps’ comments, while Wiegman will be asked to do so when she announces her latest team next week. It is perhaps a result of Hampton and Wiegman’s general support that they have so far been unable to express their side of the story, even if they wanted to.
And yet criticism of the Earps has mostly unfolded on the deeply divided battleground of social media timelines, where attention-hungry accounts fight for dominance. Portraying this as a villain can be a tough spot to be in and it’s not surprising that the Earps embraced it. everything was a bit overwhelmingOf course, while he and Hampton are still playing, and making noise, it also depends on the decision to release a tell-all book, “The pile is a concern,” Ian Wright said, stay connected to football podcast. With the algorithm’s feeding and its insatiable desire for more content, more feedback, the whole saga has become incredibly online.
That is until Earps steps onto the Old Trafford pitch and faces his former team United, who, with all due respect to Le Havre and Fleury, PSG’s opponents over the last two weekends, takes it upon themselves to take it to another level. While most of PSG’s home games in France remain away from the headlines, it is probably not an exaggeration to say that on a personal level, Wednesday is the biggest game for the Earps since the 2024 FA Cup Final, or even the 2023 World Cup final with England more than two years ago.
He may feel that the reception towards him is also different now; maybe not quite up to par Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Anfield returnBut it’s an uneasy reunion for reasons beyond the Hamptons. “I’m probably expecting a little bit of booing,” she said. BBC“I hope it will be a little bit, but it could be a lot,” Ultimately, the Earps left United at the end of his contract in 2024, a decision he also mentions in his book,
His fan-favourite status was even more evident at United during his time with England and after the World Cup, but his final season at the club was dominated by contract negotiations and reports of interest from Arsenal. Earps said that United eventually offered her a better deal, but she decided to move on because she felt PSG wanted her and she had a better chance of winning the Women’s Champions League with them.
There is also some suggestion that the Earps felt there were broken promises at United and a lack of support for the women’s team; No red carpet can be rolled out for that.
But in his place, United’s new No. 1 Fallon Tullis-Joyce has been a revelation and shared the WSL’s Golden Glove award with Hampton last season. Meanwhile, PSG failed to reach the Champions League and their return coincided with United’s first season in the competition.
PSG, however, hardly look like contenders, losing to Real Madrid and Wolfsburg, as well as suffering a 6-1 defeat to rivals Lyon for the French title. For the Earps, it is a move that has backfired at professional level, making it all too easy for Wiegman to favor Hampton as he performed so well for Chelsea while the older goalkeeper slipped into obscurity across the Channel.
Now the Earps are back in full view. She remains a great Lioness, a great Manchester United player, and she’ll have to hope that the people who once cheered for her will be more forgiving IRL.