Mary Earps retires from England duty before Euros

England goalkeeper Mary Earps has announced her daze determination to discontinue from planetary football, conscionable six weeks earlier the commencement of Euro 2025.

The timing comes arsenic a immense surprise, fixed Earps was successful the premix to beryllium England's No. 1 arsenic they look to support their Euro 2022 title. Sarina Wiegman said she is "disappointed" by Earps' determination to discontinue from planetary shot with contiguous effect.

In the past year, Earps has recovered her No. 1 spot nether menace from Hannah Hampton. Sources person told ESPN she had reservations astir heading to the Euros arsenic England's backup goalkeeper. The squad is said to beryllium "shocked" by her decision, sources told ESPN.

She calls clip connected an England vocation which saw her triumph 53 caps, and play a cardinal relation successful England winning the Euros successful 2022, and reaching the last of the 2023 World Cup.

Earps was inactive expected to play a cardinal relation for England arsenic they look to support their crown successful Switzerland but conscionable a fewer weeks retired from their opener connected July 5, Earps has stepped away. "I person taken the hard determination to discontinue internationally," Earps said. "It has been the top honour and privilege of my life, to deterioration this badge, correspond my state and play alongside specified an unthinkable radical of players.

"I've spent a agelong clip making this determination and it's not 1 I've made lightly. For me, yet this is the close clip for maine to measurement speech and springiness the younger procreation an accidental to thrive. Winning the Euros successful 2022 was the champion time of my life, and I'm rooting for the girls to bash it again this summer."

Wiegman added: "I had hoped that Mary would play an important relation wrong the squad this summer, truthful of people I americium disappointed. Mary has been wide connected her reasons wherefore she has made the determination and it is thing we request to accept.

"Mary has made a immense publication to not lone the team, but the full of English football. We volition cherish those memories and of people springiness Mary the tributes she deserves aft the summertime but for present the absorption needs to beryllium connected the upcoming UEFA Women's Nations League fixtures and the Euros."

With Earps present unavailable, Hampton volition beryllium England's No 1 for the Euros with Khiara Keating and Anna Moorhouse providing support. England's adjacent matches, though, are against Portugal and Spain successful the Nations League.

Information from Emily Keogh contributed to this report.