Following the signing of Smilla Holmberg from Hammarby IF on Monday, we spoke to sports journalist Amanda Zaza.
She writes for Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet and has followed Holmberg’s progression throughout her career.
Asked for her initial reaction to the 19-year-old full back joining us, she said: “My initial reaction was that I wasn't surprised. I knew that she had gone a couple of years ago, I'm not sure exactly how many, but she had gone for a week and trained with Olympique Lyonnais a couple of years ago when she was still quite young, just to get that kind of experience.