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BREAKING NEWS: Euro 2022 winner Ellen White RETIRES at 33, just three weeks after starting for England in the final at Wembley, as the Lionesses' all-time record goalscorer hands over to 'the next generation'

Manchester City and England striker Ellen White has announced her retirement from football at the age of 33 after helping the Lionesses win Euro 2022 this summer.

White shared the news on social media and said it had been ‘one of the hardest decisions’ of her life but insisted it was ‘time to watch the next generation shine’. She retires as the Lionesses’ all-time leading scorer with 52 goals.

‘This has been one of the hardest decisions of my life but one that I know is the right decision for me, White said. ‘This decision has always been one I have wanted to make on my terms.