Arsenal defender Katie McCabe told the Gooner Fanzine that childhood Gunner Lotte Wubben-Moy “epitomises” the club after penning a new contract earlier this week.

Wubben-Moy was the creative director for the club’s video announcing her new deal. “Only Lotte! Only Lotte,” remarked McCabe to the Gooner at London Colney.

“When I first signed for the club, Lotte was in the squad coming up from the academy, her and Anna Patten at the time. 

“Lotte epitomises what Arsenal Football Club is in so many ways and I think in the announcement video, how creative she was including people from the community, and involving herself in North London. 

“It was incredible and Renée [Slegers] mentioned it to the whole team before the team meeting that she was signing a new deal and everyone was ecstatic over it. She's a fantastic player and brings so much to this team on and off the pitch, so we're very lucky to have her for the next few years.”

Head coach Slegers said Wubben-Moy, who is in contention to return from injury against Lyon on Sunday, is “so important for the group.”

“I think if I compare myself when I was Lotte's age, I didn't understand the full picture as well as she does,” Slegers told the Gooner. 

“I think she has the capacity to go away from herself and see the club, the team, what's needed for the greater good. So I think she's on such a high level. 

“When she was out injured, someone made a comment to Lotte: ‘You're smiling, it looks like you like to be on the game ready and in the gym,’ and she's like: ‘No, that's not why I'm smiling. I hate to not be on the pitch, but I'm smiling because I want to bring the energy to the team,’ so that's Lotte.”