Lionesses and Bayern Munich midfielder on ‘stressful’ Euro 2025 success, ‘world-class’ Sarina Wiegman and online abuse suffered by players
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eorgia Stanway has more than 100 tiny tattoos inked into her skin and, stretching out her arms to show me some of them, she reveals that since helping England win a second consecutive Euros at the heart of their midfield this summer, “I’ve probably had about 10 new ones. Sometimes, I’ll be sat in the living room and say: ‘Ah, let’s just go to the studio.’”
The numbers 19:32 stand out in blue on one arm and she says: “That’s the time the final whistle blew when we won [2022] the Euros and on the back of my arm I’ve got II in Roman numerals because we’ve won it twice now. But I’ve obviously got plenty of random and sentimental tattoos as well.”
The 26-year-old is on a brief visit to London from her home in Munich and she listens intently when I suggest a possible new tattoo. It also features numbers but does she recognise the significance of four minutes and 52 seconds? Her face lights up with a smile. “I do. That was the total amount of time we were leading in the quarter-final, semi-final and final of these Euros. It’s crazy.”
