Shaw seems set to go away Metropolis this summer time after talks stalled over a brand new contract.
Chelsea, who gained six titles in a row earlier than Metropolis’s latest success, are favourites to signal Shaw, who beforehand had no need to go away the membership.
However a breakdown in communications led to her exploring different choices and Chelsea are understood to have supplied not less than yet one more yr on a contract than Metropolis have been keen to comply with.
Reviews recommend Chelsea are able to pay Shaw as much as £1m a yr and whereas boss Sonia Bompastor gave no trace as as to if Shaw’s future mendacity with the membership, she admitted in a information convention on Thursday that signing a quantity 9 is excessive on the Blues’ precedence listing.
Talking on Friday, Metropolis supervisor Andree Jeglertz stated: “I nonetheless hope she’s signing a brand new contract with Manchester Metropolis, positively, however that is extra of a dialogue for the participant and for folks on the membership.
“Proper now, a very powerful factor is to take pleasure in our participant, and she or he’s right here to compete with us, and do the whole lot she will.”
Metropolis face Chelsea within the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday (15:30 BST), with the winner enjoying both Liverpool or Brighton at Wembley on 31 Might.
