Chloe Kelly said she considered taking a interruption from shot earlier Arsenal "put the grin backmost connected my face" and transformed her hard play "from a existent debased to a existent high".
Kelly started Saturday's Champions League last arsenic the Gunners stunned holders Barcelona to triumph a archetypal European rubric successful 18 years.
The England planetary came done the Gunners' younker ranks betwixt 2010 and 2015 and was fixed a accidental backmost astatine the nine aft struggling for crippled clip with Manchester City, making conscionable 1 commencement successful the WSL earlier her deadline time indebtedness move to northbound London.
She said she "wanted to beryllium blessed again" successful a societal media station and then-City brag Gareth Taylor said it was "really disappointing" however the bitter transportation saga betwixt Kelly and the nine came to an end.
"I said I was coming to this nine to find happiness with shot and I person a medal circular my neck," an affectional Kelly told BBC Sport's Jo Currie. "Every time that I travel into the nine I'm smiling. They enactment the grin backmost connected my look truthful I volition everlastingly beryllium grateful for that.
"I took a measurement to effort and marque things amended for myself and I'm grateful for the radical astir maine that supported maine to instrumentality that step. This 1 is for everyone that helped maine bash that."
Kelly has made 13 appearances successful each competitions since re-joining Arsenal, scoring twice.
She helped the Gunners unafraid a second-placed WSL decorativeness and present has Saturday's triumph successful Lisbon to celebrate.
"Definitely up there," Kelly, who scored England's winning extremity successful the Euro 2022 final, added connected wherever the triumph ranks. "The travel it has taken to get here, it's decidedly been a battle.
"Now to observe this infinitesimal with the girls, with Arsenal Football Club but besides my household that person been determination done the acheronian days to now, I'm conscionable truly grateful."
On whether taking a interruption from shot was a existent enactment earlier her January move, Kelly said: "It decidedly was. I don't deliberation radical recognize astatine times the emotions that sometimes spell done people's minds.
"It's hard to explicate but we're present present and we're astatine the different broadside of it. It's football, sometimes there's high, there's lows and there's bits successful between. From a existent debased to a existent high, I americium precise grateful for Renee Slegers.
"The archetypal happening I said to Renee erstwhile we bushed Lyon successful the semi-final was 'thank you for this opportunity'."
Kelly's declaration astatine City expires successful June and her indebtedness determination was lone until the extremity of the season.
On whether fans tin expect to spot her successful an Arsenal garment again adjacent season, she added: "Who knows. I conscionable cognize I person fixed my each for the nine and the nine has fixed their each for me, truthful I'm ever grateful."
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