Beth Mead to RETURN? | Renee Slegers | London City Lionesses v Arsenal

Football

Year2026

Duration18m

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Renee Slegers previews Arsenal's WSL fixture away at London City Lionesses, with updates on Beth Mead's fitness as well. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro. 00:06 - No injuries. Beth’s been training and could be involved. 00:21 - Big News. Happy she’s back. 00:31 - First WSL match in a month. What’s the biggest challenge?: we have a strong squad, a lot are ready to perform for us. We’re going to need everyone. We’ve got 5 London derbies. 01:54 - London city: very stable. They recruited a lot of experienced players. 02:38 - What does success look like?: we have one trophy so far and we want more. Sunday is a huge game for us. 03:26 - Kelly and Williamson: we have to be smart to when we push players. We were happy with our progression of minutes. Kelly came back with so much energy. Good to see Williamson play for England. 04:28 - Locking in?: It’s coming closer. The players love it. We’re in a great place, we didn’t want the last block to stop. 05:31 - London city sold out crowd: well done. They’re proud of their sell outs, there’ll be 1500 Arsenal fans there. We’re really privileged. 06:26 - Danielle van de donk: happy to see her back. We have a lot of good players. I loved playing with her, we’ve been through that phase in the Netherlands women’s football together. 07:49 - long international break: to be without the players for so long. As a staff we get more time to review and preview. 10:05 - London city threats: they’ve changed since the change in management. we don’t expect the same game to the emirates. 11:24 - Godfrey: happy to see her progress. When she was selected for England I messaged her. 13:31 - The game is growing incredibly fast, ideally everything grows simultaneously. We as a club find a close link to the academy. 15:29 - if I get time I like to play board games. We’ve been on the pitch playing football. 16:48 - Asian cup, Huge gaps to exploit on both sides: We’ll see how London city deal with them. 17:38 - it will be different, we’ll see who starts and finishes for them. We’ve played them