{"id":25497,"date":"2026-09-05T08:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25497"},"modified":"2026-09-05T08:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T08:25:45","slug":"chloe-sarwie-chelseas-ambitious-teenager-who-can-be-the-answer-to-the-lionesses-long-standing-left-back-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25497","title":{"rendered":"Chloe Sarwie: Chelsea’s ambitious teenager who can be the answer to the Lionesses long-standing left-back problem"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sarwie’s exposure to first team football last season came in small doses and so an increase in general minutes and number of opportunities will surely be a target for the 17-year-old during the 2026-27 campaign. Bompastor will hope that she can turn to the teenager as a rotation option, too, in order to keep Baltimore further up the field, where she is most effective.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before her attention turns to club matters, though, Sarwie’s focus will be on England and the U20 Women’s World Cup, which, despite threats of a UEFA boycott, is set to go ahead as planned on September 5. The Young Lionesses qualified via last year’s U19 Euros, a tournament in which Sarwie didn’t get on the pitch. She’s become a more important player for England in the time since, though, and will have a big part to play in Poland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given that context, predicting a leap into the senior England team might feel premature, but Sarwie plays a position of real need in the Lionesses’ set-up. Sarina Wiegman has lacked options at left-back throughout her five years in charge, so there are already some pundits predicting a senior call-up sooner rather than later if the teenager can take strides forward this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’d be another big step for a player who has had to adapt to plenty of new environments in the last 12 months, but the way she speaks, it’s clear Sarwie’s confidence and self-belief are only improving alongside her talent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be that player who can amaze people constantly, who is up there as one of the best,” she told <\/span>the Guardian<\/em><\/i> earlier this year. Keep working hard and Sarwie certainly has the potential to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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