Greenwood hopes 'special friend' Shaw stays at City

Manchester City captain Alex Greenwood hopes they will be celebrating Khadija Shaw's successes for the club "for years to come" and that she stays. Shaw, 29, is the club's top-scorer and scored twice as City came back from 2-0 down to beat Chelsea and reach the Women's FA Cup final on Sunday. City were also crowned Women's Super League champions for the first time in a decade last week but speculation regarding Shaw's future has grown.

She is set to leave City when her contract ends in June after negotiations over a new deal broke down and Chelsea are favourites to sign her on a free deal. Shaw, known as 'Bunny', sits next to Greenwood in City's changing room and the England international does not want to see her leave the club. "Bunny and I have sat next to each other in the changing room for the whole time we've been here.

She's a really special person to me," Greenwood told BBC Sport. "She is a fantastic player and I absolutely love Bunny. She's one of my closest friends in football and I care about her a lot.

"I would be lying if I said I knew what the future was for Bunny because I don't. But I hope we celebrate with Bunny in a City shirt for years to come. " [BBC] Ben Haines, Ellen White and Jen Beattie are back for another season of the Women's Football Weekly podcast.