The failure of Manchester City to submit a visa application has resulted in Khadija Shaw being removed from the team’s squad for the Champions League qualifier that will take place at Paris FC on Wednesday night. The match is scheduled to take place.
Shaw has not yet arrived in France for the first leg of the round two qualifying match. This is despite the fact that he has been making late attempts to obtain a visa. Shaw’s request for an expedited application was denied since he was unable to fly immediately. This was the reason for the decision. It has been reported that the city is confident that there would be no difficulties with visas in the years to come.
In each of the three seasons that have passed since the beginning of the Champions League, City has been on the verge of advancing to the group stage of the competition. Real Madrid was the team that eliminated them from the Women’s Super League in the qualifying stages of the previous two seasons. During the previous season, they played in the Women’s Super League and finished in fourth place, which was outside of the several qualification places that were available.
Despite the fact that Vivianne Miedema has arrived from Arsenal, it is highly likely that the absence of the essential Shaw will be felt to a significant degree. Given that Paris FC is not a team that is easily defeated, it will be challenging to disregard this particular aspect of the situation. They were able to advance to the group stage of the competition during the previous season by removing both Arsenal and Wolfsburg from the competition. They finished in third place in group D, which was higher than Real Madrid’s rank at the end of the competition. On the other hand, Chelsea away from home and Hamburg at home defeated Paris. Despite Paris winning two games against Madrid, both teams defeated them.
With 21 goals scored in 18 games during the previous season, Shaw held the record for the most goals scored in the Women’s Super League that season. Only Miedema’s 22 goals in the 2018-19 season and Rachel Daly’s 22 goals in the 2022-23 season have been able to surpass that mark. Miedema finished with 22 goals in the 2018-19 season. Sam Kerr’s scoring total from the 2021-22 season is the only one that has been surpassed since it was recorded. The Women’s Super League player of the season award was given to Shaw, in addition to the Women’s Footballer of the Year award from the Professional Footballers’ Association and the Women’s Footballer of the Year award from the Football Writers’ Association. Shaw was also granted the title of Women’s Super League player of the season.