By Middlesbrough FC

MFC Women have completed the signing of highly-rated teenage defender Abby Towers.

The 19-year-old former England youth international, a player that new manager Mick Mulhern knows well, joins from Sunderland and is the club’s first signing of the summer.

Abby played for England at Under-16 level and returns to Boro after starting her career on Teesside.