Women's Transfer Dealings Continue To Break Financial Barriers

Written by Oluwaseun Oyediji

Ahead of the 2024/2025 women’s football season in Europe and United States of America (USA), there has been groundbreaking deals involving huge money.

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While the cash transactions in women’s football transfers is still far behind their men’s counterparts, the success story of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is having a bush fire effect in the turnaround in women’s transfers.

About 226 transfers have taken place this summer, a higher level of activity than the last three seasons, according to Deloitte.

For the records, Mayra Ramirez’s move from Spanish Liga F side Levante to English Women’s Super League (WSL) champions Chelsea last January was the previous transfer record at €450,000

The record was broken by Rachael Kundananji’s switch from Madrid CFF (Spain) to Bay FC (USA), in a deal worth €735,000 in February.

The move saw international spending in women’s transfers reach all-time high according to the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA).

There were collective trading of approximately €1.96 million in transfer fees (150% rise from the winter of 2023).

Apart from three monitored deals, most of the transfers were either undisclosed with money exchanging hands or free transfers.

Olivia Smith joined Liverpool from Sporting CP for €250,000 while Barcelona paid €500,000 to get Ewa Pajor from Wolfsburg.

In an intra Bundesliga deal, Bayern Munich paid €450,000 for the services of Lena Oberdorf from Wolfsburg.

Below are the major women’s football transfers with the transfer window still open.

Rosa Kafaji (BK Hacken to Arsenal) – Undisclosed

Yamashita Ayaka (INAC Kobe to Manchester City) – Free

Aoba Fujino (Tokyo Verdy Beleza to Manchester City) – undisclosed

Anna Sandbery (BK Hacken to Manchester United) – undisclosed

Gio Quieroz (Arsenal FC to Atletico Madrid) – undisclosed

Daphne van Domselaar (Aston Villa to Arsenal) – undisclosed

Jessica Carter (Chelsea to Gotham FC) – undisclosed

Delphine Cascarino (Lyon to San Diego Wave) – free

Lucy Bronze (FC Barcelona to Chelsea) – free

Elisabeth Terland (Brighton & Hove Albion to Manchester United) – undisclosed

Alisha Lehmann (Aston Villa to Juventus) – undisclosed

Sandy Baltimore (PSG to Chelsea) – free

Vivianne Mediema (Arsenal to Manchester City) – free

Fran Kirby (Chelsea to Brighton) – free

Melanie Leupolz (Chelsea to Real Madrid) – undisclosed

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Griedge Mbock (Lyon to PSG) – free

Olivia Smith (Sporting CP to Liverpool) – €250,000

Tabitha Chawinga (Wuhan Jiangda to Lyon) – free

Alba Redondo (Levante UD to Real Madrid) – free

Dominique Janssen (Wolfsburg to Manchester United) – free

Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg to FC Barcelona) – €500,000

Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg to FC Bayern Munich) – €450,000

Kinga Szemik (Stade de Reims to Wesham) – undisclosed

Justine Kielland (SK Brann to Wolfsburg) – undisclosed

Sofie Svava (Real Madrid to Lyon) – free

Emma Koivisto (Liverpool to AC Milan) – free

Nikola Karczewska (Tottenham to AC Milan) – free

Mary Earps (Manchester United to PSG) – free

Mariona Caldentey (FC Barcelona to Chelsea) – free

Filippa Angeldahl (Manchester City to Real Madrid) – free

Ellie Roebuck (Manchester City to FC Barcelona) – free

Lineth Beerensteyn (Juventus to Wolfsburg) – free

Kosovare Asllani (AC Milan to London City Lionesses)

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Oluwaseun Oyediji

I am a huge advocate of Women’s football after covering the Nigeria Women Football Leagues (NWFL) since 2019. An unbiased football writer with penchant for women’s in sports and historical analysis.

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