One of women’s football’s most in-demand attacking talents, Jamaica and Manchester City star Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, is currently evaluating her long-term career options after Chelsea Women tabled a blockbuster annual contract offer worth £1 million, multiple sources close to the situation have confirmed.
Per reporting from British sports outlet The Athletic, the offer arrives as Shaw’s current deal with Manchester City is set to expire at the end of the 2023-24 season, with the annual salary totaling around 200 million Jamaican dollars.
Since making the move to the Etihad Stadium in 2021, the prolific Reggae Girlz captain has rapidly cemented her status as one of the most dangerous finishers in the Women’s Super League. Across her three seasons with the club, she has consistently topped the club’s goal scoring charts and forced her way into the conversation among the top tier of forwards competing in Europe’s top women’s domestic competition.
The 2023-24 campaign has been Shaw’s strongest to date: she currently sits among the WSL’s leading goal scorers, and has been a foundational piece of Gareth Taylor’s squad as it pushes hard for a historic league title. Her consistent elite performances have not only boosted her global profile, but also drawn interest from a host of top clubs across Europe and the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States, beyond Chelsea’s formal approach.
Despite the generous financial package from the London-based Blues, multiple insider reports indicate Shaw is currently inclined to remain with Manchester City, the club where she has built her reputation as a global star. That said, the Manchester side has so far failed to match the £1 million annual salary terms that Chelsea has put on the table, leaving the final outcome of Shaw’s future unresolved ahead of this summer’s transfer window.