The Dutch international was City’s only signing ahead of the 2023/24 campaign, but her move to the Joie Stadium was a real statement of intent from the Blues.
Roord had played in the Champions League final a few months prior for VfL Wolfsburg and arrived in Manchester with a reputation as one of the finest attacking midfielders in the game.
She immediately hit the ground running for City, scoring eight goals and three assists in her first 16 matches for the Blues as our WSL title push began to take shape in the new year.
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But all of that came to an immediate halt in a League Cup clash with Manchester United in January 2024, when she ruptured her Anterior Cruciate Ligament.
A painstaking recovery process would follow, with Jill reflecting on that journey in intriguing, candid detail in ‘Roord to Recovery’.
But the Dutch international, incredibly, returned to action that September in City’s first WSL home match of the following campaign against Brighton.
With interviews from the team-mates and medical staff who helped make that remarkable turnaround possible, this feature demonstrates the phenomenal resolve and perseverance that it takes to return from long-term injury.
