Aston Villa Women snap up West Ham's Lucy Parker
Villa have announced the signing of defender Lucy Parker on a deal to 2025 with the option of a further year.
The 24-year-old joins after opting not to sign a new deal she was offered at West Ham.
Parker, who has twice been called up to the England squad but is yet to make her senior international debut, played 40 times for the Hammers across two seasons.
Villa boss Carla Ward said in a statement from the Midlands club: “Lucy is someone we’ve tracked for some time and we know we had a lot of competition to sign her.
“She’s a front-footed ball-playing centre-half and is someone who will add a lot of quality to our defensive unit.”
Parker got her first England call-up last September, having to then pull out prior to the matches that followed because of injury.
With a recall then coming towards the end of the campaign, she was an unused substitute for April’s Finalissima against Brazil at Wembley and friendly against Australia in Brentford.
