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Radio 5 Live,11 Sep 2025,44 mins

Extra: Inside London City Lionesses!

BBC Women's Football Weekly

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Ben Haines is at Cobdown Park, the home London City Lionesses, as they look ahead to their first season in the WSL as the league's only side to not have an affiliated men's team. Ben sits down with Nikita Parris, Danielle van de Donk, Kosovare Asllani, Jocelyn Prêcheur and Jana Fernández. Jana opens up about the emotions of leaving Barcelona and her admiration for the WSL, Jocelyn talks his relationship with owner Michelle Kang and her ambitions for the club, Danielle and Nikita tell Ben all about their decision to join the team and what excites them about this new challenge, plus Asllani reveals why she's glad she trusted her gut and the challenges of building a fanbase as an independent team. TIMECODES: 00:47 - Nikita Parris 08:57 - Jana Fernández 19:43 - Kosovare Asllani 30:06 - Danielle van de Donk 35:13 - Jocelyn Prêcheur

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