Arsenal Women have won their last five games in all competitions, with a changed midfield key to the Gunners’ changing fortunes.

Australian Kyra Cooney-Cross, signed from Swedish side Hammarby in 2023, has impressed alongside captain Kim Little, allowing Mariona Caldentey to play further forward.

Asked by the Gooner Fanzine, Slegers could not recall managing against Cooney-Cross when she was in charge of Rosengard, with a check of the archives suggesting why- the midfielder came on for Hammarby as a second half substitute in a 2022 Damallsvenskan meeting.

“I have really bad memory, by the way,” Slegers joked. Questioned about the transition from Swedish football to English, the Arsenal boss said: The step from the Swedish league to the WSL is quite big, but you see quite some players have made that step and you see quite some Scandinavian players in the WSL, who are doing really well. 

“So I think the Damallsvenskan prepares you in certain ways for the WSL. I've always thought that, tactically, it’s on quite a high level, the coaching from what I've seen. 

“I think there's a certain mindset, mentality that I like. In the teams that I've worked with and in the league and in Scandinavia, especially, I don't know if that's just a taste thing for me. 

“But I think it's a good step, and that step is doable. We've seen a lot of players doing it. It does take, I think especially if you go to say a top four, top five club, then you can expect it to take some time to integrate, not only from a football perspective, but just life in general.”