Beever-Jones, who is just shy of her 23rd birthday, has signed a new contract at Stamford Bridge until 2030. It continues a journey at Chelsea that began when she was a little girl. Now the forward already has 97 senior appearances and 32 goals to her name while wearing the blue of Chelsea.

Beever-Jones is also one of England’s best young stars, and has netted seven times in 16 appearances for the Lionesses. We’re proud that she’s ours, and just like us, she’s never done with Chelsea.

‘I think everyone knows I'm Chelsea through and through,’ she grins.

‘I love football. I love watching it. I love watching women play, but I never thought it would be something I could go on and achieve.

‘I always wanted it deep down, but every year in the Academy, you'd get pulled into a room, and they’d say whether they wanted to retain you or not, and they'd also say that one or two of us would make it to the first team.

‘I always wanted it to be me, but there were a few girls ahead of me. I managed to keep going and keep pushing on, and then I finally got the opportunity. I've always said I'm so grateful for Emma [Hayes] and what she did for me in giving me that first stepping stone.

‘When I look back and think about where I am now, everything happened in my career the way it needed to to allow me to get into this position.’

Things have changed a great deal for Beever-Jones since she was an up-and-coming star. Now an established professional in an environment where women’s football has exploded in popularity and made rapid progress, she understands the need to deliver at the highest level.

She deals with that in the most grounded way: coming back to the idea of maintaining a balance between performance and remembering her roots.

‘As I’ve got older, I’ve realised football isn't just kicking a ball around,’ she explains. ‘There's so much more to it. It's tactics, off-the-pitch stuff, the pressure of it all.

‘It's quite easy to get caught up in it, especially with the way the women's game is growing now and all the media attention. For me, it’s important to remind myself I'm in a very privileged position where I get to do a job that I absolutely love every single day.

‘I love to recentre myself and remind myself I do this because I was a kid once and I love it.’

The striker last signed a new Chelsea contract in 2024. Two years down the line, and everything has changed: her expectations, her ambitions. The discussion comes round to that idea of balance again. She’s all grown up.

‘It's funny,’ she reflects. ‘When I signed my last contract, I probably said I just wanted to get some game time, and now I'm here saying that I want the next thing.

‘I'd love to win the Champions League with Chelsea. That's a target that we all want. I’ve always said it, and I'll say it in every interview: I just want to be happy playing football.

‘I believe at Chelsea, we can do that and win, and that's the aim. I'd also love to become a consistent starter, represent the club, do the best for myself and put the team in the best possible place to win everything.’