Republic of Ireland midfielders Lucy Quinn and Lily Agg will both leave recently crowned WSL2 champions Birmingham City this summer after the club opted against renewing their contracts.
Quinn – a consistent presence in Carla Ward’s international squads – joined the Blues back in July 2021 following a spell at Tottenham Hotspur.
Paying tribute to the 32-yar-old, Birmingham posted on social media platform X: “After 160 appearances in royal blue, a club legend says goodbye. Everyone at Birmingham City would like to thank Lucy Quinn for her contribution to the club following the conclusion of her contract. Once a Blue, always Blue.”
Agg has endured a dreadfully unlucky campaign. She suffered an ACL injury back in January 2025, with the subsequent surgery leading to her receiving a cancer diagnosis of melanoma in situ, after the surgeon spotted a suspicious-looking mole.
After battling back to fitness, going on loan to Durham and earning a recall to the Ireland squad for April’s World Cup qualification double-header against Poland, Agg ruptured her achilles heel during a 2-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest. Agg had headed home Durham’s goal two minutes before the injury.
In early April, Agg published a statement on her Instagram page that read: “I keep asking myself what I ever did to deserve this. Why me? Why now?
“People close to me keep saying I’ll come back stronger again. If I’m being honest, right now I genuinely don’t know if I will come back at all.
“I’ll be another year older. I’m 32 now, out of contract in June, with an ACL and an achilles rupture behind me in the last two years.
“I’m not naive. The game is changing, and I know I’ll be a risk many won’t want to take a chance on. My heart is broken and my head hurts.”
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