Overview
- The loan runs through the rest of the season and includes an option for Aston Villa to make the transfer permanent.
- Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers said Friday that Nighswonger was close to a loan move and would not be in the next squad.
- Nighswonger has struggled for minutes since arriving at Arsenal in January 2025, logging just 16 minutes this season and only one WSL appearance.
- She has not been selected for recent USWNT rosters after last appearing for the national team in February 2025.
- Villa’s director of women’s football Marisa Ewers said the club had tracked Nighswonger and believes she will add quality, as Arsenal continue January changes with Smilla Holmberg’s arrival, a Slegers extension, and Jodie Taylor’s appointment as technical director.