Beth Mead announces she's leaving Arsenal

England footballer Beth Mead has announced that she will be leaving Arsenal at the end of the season.

Since joining the Gunners back in 2017, she has scored 86 goals in 263 games, and has helped the team win the Women's Champions League, Women's Super League, Fifa Champions Cup, and three League Cups.

"Leaving this club isn't easy", she said.

"It breaks my heart in ways I didn't expect but I leave it with so much love, so much pride, and so much gratitude. Arsenal will always be a part of me", she added.

Take a look at some of Mead's amazing achievements below...

In 2015 Beth Mead became the youngest Women's Super League Golden Boot winner at the age of 20.

At the time, she was playing for Sunderland – where she scored 77 goals out of 78 games and is regarded as one of the greatest players to have ever played for the club.

Then in 2022 she won the Golden Boot again (to bag herself a matching pair!) as well as Player of the Year for her epic performance in the Women's Euros.

Mead scored six goals at the Euros, including a hat-trick against Norway in the group stage. She's the only English player to win the Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament at a senior Euros or World Cup.

The England star became the first women's footballer to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2022.

"I'm incredibly honoured to win this award," said Mead.

"I wouldn't have done it without the girls."

"This is for women's sport and women's sport heading in the right direction. Let's keep pushing girls, let's keep doing the right thing", she said.

Beth Mead has broken a host of records so far during her career.

In 2022, she broke Jimmy Greaves' 61-year-old record for the most England goals scored by any player in a single season with 14.

As well as being a top goal scorer, Mead is also known for her assists.

In 2025, in the opening game of the season against London City Lionesses in the WSL, Mead created two assists, taking her total to 51, making history in becoming the first person in the competition to reach more than 50 assists.

She also holds the record for being the first woman to score a hat-trick at Wembley for England.

But more unusually, she also holds the record for being the first winner of the Yorkshire Open Egg Throwing Championships in Hinderwell in 2015.

Mead was officially appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King's first New Year's Honours in 2023 for her services to football.

The list highlights the incredible achievements made by people across the UK and Commonwealth realms involved in a number of different areas, including sport, the arts and media, education, health and science.