Manchester City forward Chloe Kelly has released an emotional statement asking to be granted her wish to leave the club in search of first-team football.

Manchester City winger Chloe Kelly has said she “accepts her future is not at this club” beyond the expiration of her contract in June and said her mental wellbeing has been adversely impacted after being “dictated to whom I can and can’t join”.

Chloe Kelly has released an astonishing statement in a bid to push through a move away from Manchester City. The England forward said her “mental wellbeing” was suffering as the club “dictated” which club she could join in the January transfer window,