England youth international Asmita Ale is poised to join Leicester City, Sky Sports News understands.
Ale, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Leicester from Tottenham, was the only footballer from Britain’s South Asian community – male or female – to play top-division football in England last season.
The full-back played in Leicester’s Women’s FA Cup victory against Birmingham City, before featuring in the quarter-final win against Liverpool to help the Foxes reach the last four of the competition for the first time in their history.
4pm: Announce Asmita Ale ✍️
9pm: Win 5-1 ⚽️Not a bad day's work 😄 pic.twitter.com/bU4pY3PQSB
— LCFC Women (@LCFC_Women) January 24, 2024
Ale spent more than a decade at Aston Villa, penning a pro deal with the West Midlands club at 18 and becoming the first Nepali-heritage player ever to sign a professional contract in English football.
The 22-year-old made 18 appearances in Villa’s debut WSL campaign, helping the team keep three clean sheets in their last five games of the season before joining Tottenham in the summer of 2021.
The defender is an England youth international, who has played across different age groups, most recently at the inaugural U23 European League.
A young #BarclaysWSL star on the rise!
Happy birthday, Asmita Ale 🥳 pic.twitter.com/vXzr7eeQsf
— Barclays Women's Super League (@BarclaysWSL) November 3, 2022
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