Manchester City boss Andrée Jeglertz expressed his delight after Aoba Fujino and Laura Blindkilde Brown both signed new contracts.
The club confirmed on Friday that both players have signed new deals running through to 2030 and Jeglertz praised a "magnificent" season by the duo last year.
"It means a lot. I think we want to compete at the highest level and definitely work to that by these two young players feeling this is the best environment for them to grow," Jeglertz told a pre-match news conference.
"Wanting to be part of that journey means a lot and they're trusting what the club presents for the future.
"I'm very pleased and both of them were magnificent last year and started this one very well."
Jeglertz was speaking ahead of Sunday's Women's Super League trip to Aston Villa, where City are aiming to build on their 3-1 victory against Birmingham on the opening weekend.
Sunday also sees Arsenal face Crystal Palace, who clinched a 1-0 win over Everton on their WSL return, and Gunners boss Renée Slegers praised the competition from newly-promoted sides.
She said: "It is growing, and I think everything is developing, so automatically, the games will be better, tougher, more competitive. I think it is really early in the season still, and there is only one round played, so let's see over time how things develop.
"But definitely, I think Crystal Palace against Everton was a competitive game, and same with Birmingham, creating issues, especially in the first half against [Manchester] City, so that is good.
"Hopefully we can keep the standard, so competition is high in the league."
Following last weekend's draw with Villa, Chelsea come up against Manchester United on Sunday and the Red Devils are searching for their first points of the campaign after Eva Olid's maiden game at the helm ended in a 2-1 defeat to London City Lionesses last Friday.
Speaking about United, Blues boss Sonia Bompastor said: "I think they have some differences from what Marc [Skinner] was trying to do. Obviously I'm not going to say now, but they are slightly different in possession and out of possession."
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London City kick off this weekend's WSL action with a short trip to West Ham on Saturday and this weekend's remaining fixtures take place on Sunday.
Birmingham host Brighton and Everton come up against Charlton before current league leaders Liverpool -- who beat the Addicks 4-0 last weekend -- face Tottenham.
