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'Champions are made when nobody's watching' - Earps on life at PSG

Follow PSG goalkeeper Mary Earps on a typical training day

"They always say champions are made when nobody's watching."

That is a theory raised and forcefully ed by Mary Earps, who was already a serial winner before her move to Paris St-Germain last summer.

Striving for more success, the England goalkeeper embarked on a fresh journey when she swapped Manchester United for life in the French capital.

"I've kind of gone away from the craziness of England. I get to go away and work hard in silence and just kind of get on with my job quietly," Earps says.

She appreciates having the space to grow as a footballer away from the spotlight, allowing the gruelling work to be put in.

"That was something that always stood out to me when I was young," Earps tells Football Focus.

Earps was a crucial member of England's Euros-winning squad in 2022 and was awarded the Golden Glove as the Lionesses reached the 2023 Women's World Cup final.

Stellar performances earned her the Fifa Best goalkeeper award for two years running - in 2022 and 2023 - while she was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2023.

For Manchester United, she played every league game for four seasons as the club's outright number one and won the Women's FA Cup in May 2024 before heading across the Channel to .

So why did she leave?

Earps believed the move abroad would make her a "better player" and "require a different level".

"It's been an amazing few years, but I'm always thinking about what more I can do," she explains.

"I've been named best goalkeeper in the world for two years and I did it two years running, which no goalkeeper has done in that time, but I'm thinking I want to do it a third time.

"That's just how I am, that's what always drives me. I'm always competing with yesterday's version of me, and that's what's really important to me, how can I be better than I was yesterday">