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East Lioness goalkeeper mary earps she says she told England Manager Sarina Wigman He hannah hamptonHis “bad behavior is being rewarded” after his rival for the No. 1 spot was recalled to the team, amid a series of explosive revelations surrounding his decision to leave the team.
The Earps’ autobiography ‘All In’ Will be released next week but it has been sorted GuardianWith goalkeeper details Shocking retirement before Euro 2025, Claims of behind-the-scenes tension and criticism of Wiegmann’s communication methods first appeared in Lioness.
Earps, 32, became a fan favorite after England’s victory at Euro 2022, changing the way the goalkeeper’s position is viewed. Winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award Following the Lionesses’ run to the World Cup final in 2023.
She was also named the world’s best goalkeeper on two occasions, but faced competition for her place in Hampton’s squad during a series of European Championship qualifiers in 2024.
The 24-year-old Hampton was the back-up goalkeeper at Euro 2022 and the 2023 World Cup, but she was briefly dropped from the England squad after the Euros amid reports of her disruptive behavior during international camps. Hampton was 21 years old at the time.
Earps announced his surprise retirement from international duty shortly before Euro 2025, where Hampton shone on his major tournament debut – particularly in the final where Lionesses beat Spain on penalties To defend their European title.
In his upcoming autobiography, the Earps described that Hampton would debut for the Lionesses in a major European qualifier against Ireland in April 2024. Earps said he told Wigman: “I don’t understand. This is a qualifier match. And bad behavior is being rewarded.”
Earps writes that she previously told Wiegman that she felt uncomfortable with the idea of Hampton returning to the England squad in the spring of 2023, and says she pointed to the perceived “disharmony” the team felt during the last Euros.
The Earps say there was behavior during England’s Euro 2022 campaign that was “considered highly disruptive and untrustworthy, which risked being catastrophic” and that Wiegman was told this during a player feedback session after the tournament. Specifically on Hampton, Earps writes: “His behavior behind the scenes at the Euros often threatened to derail training sessions and team resources.”
The Earps further stated that they felt the decision to play Hampton ahead of them in a competitive match was “unfair”. She writes, “The affinity I had towards Sarina and this job was getting destroyed, trust and respect were ending.”
A year later, in April 2025, Earps says he was called by Wiegmann and informed that he was no longer his first-choice goalkeeper ahead of the Euros. The Earps say they were told by Wigman that Hampton was “a little ahead of him” and “hadn’t done anything wrong”.
However, the Earps write that she felt “extremely disappointed” and told Wiegman that she could have been “more direct and honest” in her assessment of the situation. The Earps said that Wigman disagreed and felt that after he had had a frank conversation with them, he had only recently made up his mind. “He looked like a bull to me,” writes the Earps.
Earps said he decided to retire from international duty during his meeting with Wigman and told the England manager that it “would not be consistent with my ethics and values to continue”.
Earps then said that his priority would be to give young goalkeeper Khiara Keating experience rather than going into the Euros as second-choice.
“I continued working honestly but my voice broke as I said: ‘I used to feel invincible here but I don’t feel that way anymore.’ This saddened me most,” writes the Earps.
“I told him that playing for my country has been the greatest privilege of my life, but I couldn’t afford to see it turn into a place where I cried in my room, where I didn’t recognize myself. I said I no longer felt supported there and that the goalkeeper dynamic had been unhealthy for too long.”
Wiegman did not want the Earps to retire – and Earps writes that she herself backed down from her decision and told Dutchwoman that she would continue. Earps says he changed his mind again in May when Wiegman told him he had not seen his most recent match for Paris Saint-Germain.
“With this, I knew immediately that I had made the wrong choice,” writes the Earps. “I immediately wished I hadn’t said those words. I was committed to something and someone who didn’t seem committed to me; whose words, as far as I was concerned, still didn’t match their actions, and I always knew it.”
After Earps announced his decision to retire before the Euros, Wiegman said: “Of course, I had some conversations which I don’t want to share here because it’s between us. I find it hard and it’s hard for him as well. He’s done such a good job for England. Our journey has been incredible. I really cherish him.
“It’s emotional because we have a relationship and we’ve had such a great journey together that has had many ups and downs and definitely some ups and downs. But we have to move on and we don’t have time to celebrate now.”
Hampton praised the Earps following their decision to retire and said before the Euros that she wanted to preserve her “legacy” during the tournament. She also thanked the Earps after receiving the Yashin Trophy for best female goalkeeper at this year’s Ballon d’Or. which the Earps presented to him,
“I don’t think this award is an achievement for me, it’s an achievement for women’s goalkeeping,” Hampton said in Paris. “I stand on the shoulders of many great goalkeepers of the past. It’s an honor to sit alongside my fellow nominees, to be a part of such an incredible group.”