Is Beever-Jones Building a Case to Be Chelsea's and England's Starting Striker?

Women's Super League: Manchester United v Chelsea

Location: The stadium Fixture Date: October 3rd Start Time: 19:30 BST

Broadcast Details: Live on the BBC Three channel and the sport platform online portal and app.

When Women's Super League champions the London club experienced a further injury blow just before the start of the campaign, their title bid abruptly looked somewhat fragile.

With striker a key attacker ruled out for the coming months and star forward the Australian international still on the comeback trail from her own long-term injury, were Chelsea somewhat lacking in attack? Think again.

England striker Aggie Beever-Jones, with a goal in every one of the opening quartet of matches - the initial Chelsea player to achieve this in the WSL - has eliminated any doubts.

During the weekend, her majestic set-piece set the Blues on their path to a fourth win in four games as they preserved their two-point lead at the top of the table.

I don't think anyone would have selected her to be the league's leading scorer prior to the season started, but I don't think her form is surprising, given the manner she carries herself and how hard she has worked, the national team's historic top scorer Ellen White told BBC Sport.

Currently she appears to be Chelsea's primary striker. The level she is at presently, it is going to be really difficult for anyone to displace her from that perch, even a fully-fit Sam Kerr.

Regular Blues watchers will not be surprised by her performances. The statistics since the start of last season have been extremely impressive.

From the beginning of the current season she has demonstrated to be one of the most clinical players in the league, scoring a baker's dozen despite an projected goals figure of 8.57.

The striker over-performed her xG by the largest margin in the WSL (+4.43) and she has the second highest goals per minute ratio, recording a score every 109 minutes.

On Sunday, Beever-Jones became the initial Chelsea individual to score in five successive league appearances since November 2023 - when she also happened to be the last Blues player to achieve that achievement.

Such has been Beever-Jones' beginning to the campaign, Chelsea manager the French tactician has been able to slowly ease Kerr back into the squad, bringing her on as a substitute in the last three games.

What's really impressive is the fact that she can net so many diverse kinds of goal, said White.

The player's set-piece against West Ham was ridiculous, she converts great aerial goals, plus she is great skill-wise and her fitness levels are outstanding.

Former Blues player the analyst told the BBC's football program that the striker's progression has been "extraordinary".

Williams stated: When you look at Aggie Beever-Jones in regards of her growth, in the recent campaigns she's been that bit-part player that has joined the side.

Due to the fitness issues to Ramirez, and the Australian only returning, she's now getting a run of matches and it shows the confidence. This time last year she wouldn't have been volunteering to attempt that free-kick.

Bompastor is fully aware of Beever-Jones' scoring ability, having observed her finish last season as the club's top scorer in all competitions with 13 goals - coming from over twenty starts and more than ten sub appearances.

But she was prompt to commend her once more on Sunday, describing her as "a tremendous asset".

Bompastor typically doesn't select a pair of pure strikers so will have a major decision to make when the star is ready to start.

At the moment regarding Aggie, you would not substitute her, remarked the expert. This is more a case of supplementing with her, to help the team improve.

The club have broken their spending record repeatedly in recent seasons, most recently on American forward the new signing, but the homegrown star is among their limited youth graduates in the senior roster.

Having made her senior Blues first appearance in early 2021, she signed her pro deal on her 18th birthday in July 2021 but was sent on loan to second-tier club Bristol City the next campaign.

She spent the 2022-23 season on loan again, this time at fellow WSL club the Toffees, but on her comeback to the Blues former coach Emma Hayes said she had returned a regular starter.

It's not been straightforward for her at the club. That shows her fortitude and the desire she has of aiming to be the top, noted the pundit.

What she is doing are really thrilling. As an homegrown, she is a homegrown talent and, when you think about the amount being invested on signings and million-pound acquisitions coming into our competition, it is wonderful to witness a emerging homegrown star that is excelling in this Chelsea team. This is very exciting for our national team as too.

There was, a particular substitute national striker on the name was widely discussed following Euro 2025 and it wasn't the Chelsea star, who found herself slip down the hierarchy behind teenager the rising talent as the go-to impact sub from the sidelines.

But the analyst commented she does not think Beever-Jones had a something to demonstrate after the Euros, adding: Her attitude suggests like the type of character where she wants to simply get better, develop and learn.

Ultimately I can imagine that she desires to become the club's number nine, which she is now, and she hopes to gain additional appearances and further chances with England.

Beever-Jones has hardly been reluctant to make an impact on the international stage either, with six goals in