After representing the Parisian club for a year and a half, Josephine Henning becomes the third player to announce that she is leaving Paris Saint-Germain in just a matter of days.
It was revealed only a few days ago that Lindsey Horan and Kosovare Asllani were also set to depart the club with immediate effect.
The German defender has struggled with injuries, but when she was healthy she was a vital part of the defensive organisation, as well as adding competition for places in the team, making her loss another big blow.
Lack of depth at the back
Henning, who has won the Frauen-Bundesliga four times and Champions League three times, is a former VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam player who has several caps for the German national team and a European Championship Winners Medal to her name.
Henning reached the Champions League final with PSG last season, but overall her stay has been injury plagued. PSG are, however, losing a central defender, and will only have three natural central defenders left - Sabrina Delannoy, Laura Georges and Brazilian international Erika. The former two have been dealing with injuries as well.
Blow to title hopes
PSG, who suffered the agony of losing 5-0 to close rivals Olympique Lyonnais earlier in the season, are still in with a shot of winning the Division 1 Feminine, Coupe de France and Champions League.
However, with the departures of Henning, Asllani and Horan, there will be some extra demands on the remaining players if they fail to get reinforcements in. PSG have been dealing with injuries throughout the season and the question is whether the effect of three players leaving will add further worries to that problem.
Their next match is a Coupe De France encounter with ASPTT Albi on January 10, before they face off against their two nearest competitors for the league title, Lyon and Montpellier, in the first two games as the league resumes following the winter break.
