London City Lionesses Break Women’s Football Transfer Record With £1.43m Geyoro Signing

London City Lionesses person surgery nan world grounds for a women’s shot transportation by signing nan France midfielder Grace Geyoro from Paris Saint-Germain for €1.65m (£1.43m), nan Guardian understands.

The woody is believed to person gone to nan ligament connected Thursday but was completed earlier nan Women’s Super League’s transportation model closed astatine 11pm BST and nan 28-year-old has go nan 3rd subordinate to break nan world grounds successful nan women’s crippled successful little than 2 months.

It follows Olivia Smith’s £1m move to Arsenal successful mid-July, nan first that collapsed nan £1m barrier, and Lizbeth Ovalle’s $1.5m (£1.1m) transfer to nan American nine Orlando Pride. London City Lionesses are flexing their muscles successful nan transportation marketplace acknowledgment to nan spending powerfulness disposable to them done their owner, Michele Kang. The American businesswoman besides owns nan French champions OL Lyonnes and nan NWSL broadside Washington Spirit.

London City person made a flurry of big-name signings during this first model since their promotion from nan 2nd tier, adding nan Netherlands midfielder Daniëlle van de Donk, nan England guardant Nikita Parris and, earlier connected Thursday, nan Spain younker world winger Lucía Corrales, for a interest understood to beryllium €500,000.

London City are trying to disrupt nan established bid successful nan women’s game. Based successful Kent, they are nan first afloat independent nine to scope nan WSL.

PSG said of Geyoro: “Paris Saint-Germain salutes Grace Geyoro’s exemplary profession pinch nan club. An iconic fig successful nan women’s team, she has near an indelible people connected nan history of nan Red and Blue. The nine extends its sincere acknowledgment and wishes her nan champion for nan remainder of her career.”

Alessia Russo has signed a caller semipermanent statement pinch Arsenal connected nan eve of their WSL opener against London City astatine nan Emirates Stadium. The forward, a European champion for nine and country, has scored 36 goals successful 72 games for Arsenal since joining from Manchester United successful 2023.

Last play Russo jointly claimed nan WSL’s Golden Boot pinch Khadija Shaw, pinch 12 goals, and was named nan Football Writers’ Association’s women’s footballer of nan twelvemonth and shortlisted for nan Ballon d’Or.

“Arsenal feels for illustration home,” nan 26-year-old said. “This is specified a typical nine and it has felt that measurement to maine from nan infinitesimal I joined.” The manager, Renée Slegers, said: “She’s a selfless player, moving truthful difficult for nan team, and she besides contributes truthful overmuch to our squad culture.”