{"id":293306,"date":"2023-10-05T16:25:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=293306"},"modified":"2023-10-05T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:25:06","slug":"jonas-eidevall-alessia-russo-wont-put-herself-under-pressure-on-man-utd-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/jonas-eidevall-alessia-russo-wont-put-herself-under-pressure-on-man-utd-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonas Eidevall: Alessia Russo won\u2019t put herself under pressure on Man Utd return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall brushed off suggestions that summer signing Alessia Russo will put herself under extra pressure when she faces former side Manchester United on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old England striker completed the free transfer in July before she left for the Women\u2019s World Cup in Australia,\u00a0 though it was the conclusion of a courtship that extended at least as far back as the January transfer window.<\/p>\n
Russo may be met with disappointment from the home support on her first trip back to Leigh Sports Village, but Eidevall insisted she is taking everything in stride.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cAlessia is 100 per cent professional. She always trains with a lot of motivation, but of course it\u2019s special when you return to play against a club where you have all your former team-mates and former fans and so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really important for us, like with every time we go somewhere, we go there together and we play together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Arsenal placed third in the Women\u2019s Super League last season, while United qualified for Champions League football for the first time after finishing runners-up to champions Chelsea.<\/span><\/p>\n The Gunners have gotten off to a shaky start, first with a shock elimination in the Champions League qualifying stages then a loss to Liverpool to kick off the new campaign.<\/p>\n United boss Marc Skinner, who brought in Brazil international Geyse to replace Russo, was adamant he and his side were only looking forward.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIn all honesty I\u2019m not really here to talk about Alessia.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course it\u2019s a narrative that wants to be spun around. Look, Alessia is coming home, but she\u2019s not our player anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cYou prepare for her like she\u2019s the opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n