The teenager won our Women’s Academy Players’ Player of the Year for 2023/24 and signed her first professional contract with the club last October, on her 18th birthday.
Newell then spent the second half of the campaign in the second tier with Blackburn Rovers and, having been nominated for the league’s Rising Star award during her time with Rovers, is now heading back to the division to continue her development with Birmingham this term.
The move to the Midlands will see Lucy reunite with her former England Under-19s head coach Amy Merricks, who is now in charge of the Blues.