Lionesses star Chloe Kelly aims dig after winning Champions League with Arsenal following January move from Man City

Chloe Kelly aimed a dig at her critics after helping Arsenal win the Champions League final against Barcelona on Saturday.

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Kelly wins Champions League with ArsenalAims dig at criticsLeft Man City under a cloud in JanuaryFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Kelly played 68 minutes of the showdown in Lisbon, as Stina Blackstenius scored a 74th-minute winner to seal glory for the Gunners. After ending a difficult season with a medal, she then took a pop at her doubters in Instagram.

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Posing with the medal, with Arsenal fans behind her, Kelly wrote: "Once written off…"

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Kelly started the season at Manchester City but suspended her five-year association with the club in acrimonious circumstances in January. The Lioness made just one WSL start in the first half of the season and claimed in a social media post that she wanted "to be happy again", before being allowed to leave for Arsenal on a loan deal.

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Kelly is out of contract at City this summer and will not return to the club. It is not yet clear whether Arsenal will sign her on a free transfer.