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Leah Galton will leave Manchester United after eight years with the club when her contract expires this summer.

The 31-year-old joined United as a member of their first professional squad in 2018.

Along with Ella Toone and Millie Turner, she is one of three remaining 'originals' from that group in United's current squad.

Galton made 171 appearances for the club and her 44 goals make her United's second-highest scorer of all time, behind Toone's 64.

"I never thought I would be here for this long and still doing the thing I love doing, so I'm always proud of how far I've come," Galton said.

United boss Marc Skinner added: "Leah has played an important part in the journey of this club. Being part of the club from the very beginning and contributing over so many years is something that's meant a lot to us.

"She's been involved in many significant moments along the way and has helped us grow into the club we are today."

Galton has struggled with a back injury this season and has made just four Women's Super League appearances, but the clubs said she is "in training and hopes to play some part in our conclusion to the season".

Elsewhere in the WSL, Tottenham confirmed Amy James-Turner, Luana Buhler, Charlotte Grant and Josefine Rybrink will leave the club when their contracts end in the summer.

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport women’s football news reporter

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Leicester City have a chance to "write a different story", says manager Rick Passmoor amid risk of relegation from the Women's Super League.

The Foxes are seven points adrift of safety with three games remaining so must beat Arsenal in Wednesday's meeting (19:00 BST) to avoid finishing bottom.

However, there is no automatic relegation with the bottom WSL club set to meet the third-placed team from the WSL 2 in a play-off match for the first time.

"Everybody is working together in the direction we wish for. Can we see that through and ensure we keep a positive mentality together?" said Passmoor.

"Behind the scenes there are not many players that have been in this situation before so we need to remain united and focused on what we can achieve.

"There are always different headlines. Can we write a different story in these final three games?"

Leicester's opponents, European champions Arsenal, have not lost a league game since October and won the reverse fixture 4-1.

Renee Slegers' side are still in with a chance of winning the WSL title with three games in hand on leaders Manchester City, though it is out of their control.

Knowing what's at stake, Passmoor hopes his players can rise to the occasion and block out any noise of potential relegation.

"The pressure is from the outside. We have to focus on what we are good at to compete. We have a great opportunity to represent a terrific club," he added.

"We have hard-working staff and players. We can change the narrative and the story and enjoy this opportunity to play in these last three games.

"Everybody thought we would be in this position last summer with all the changes. But we're together and we're staying to our principles to get us over the line."

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Manchester City have added former England youth and Bristol City head coach Lauren Smith to their coaching staff.

The 34-year-old spent three years in charge of the Vixens, guiding Bristol City to the Women's Super League 2 title in 2022-23 before leaving after a season in the top flight.

She spent the next 18 months with England's youth teams, recently stepping up as interim head coach of the under-23 side and has now joined Andree Jeglertz's team at City.

"We're delighted to bring Lauren on board to help elevate the already excellent work Andree is overseeing," said director of football Therese Sjogran.

"Lauren is someone who has been admired by the club for some time so to now have her as part of the team is very exciting.

"For someone who is still so young and hungry to develop, she has already shown an excellent ability to get the best out of both established senior players and the next generation of talent."