Mandy van den Berg joins Reading Women from Liverpool Ladies

Mandy van den Berg has Champions League experince with ADO Den Haag in the Netherlands

Netherlands captain Mandy van den Berg has joined Reading Women from Liverpool on a permanent deal.

"It's great that we are attracting players of Mandy's calibre to the club," manager Kelly Chambers said. "Mandy will add to our young squad."

Centre-back Van den Berg, 26, led her country at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and has been capped 75 times.

She played 13 times for Liverpool this season as they finished fifth in Women's Super League 1.