Manchester United Women could yet be joined by Chelsea or Arsenal in the lucrative new eight-team tournament, which has a total prize pot of £3.8million.
Manchester United Women will take part in the inaugural World Sevens Football (W7F) series event in Portugal next month, organisers have confirmed. The Red Devils could yet be joined by Chelsea or Arsenal in the lucrative new eight-team tournament.
W7F’s head of football Adrian Jacob refused to rule out any of the Champions League ’s final four participating, which leaves open the possibility of one or even both the London clubs being involved should they fail to reach the final. The W7F series opener takes place between May 21 and 23 in Estoril, close in proximity and date to the Champions League final in Lisbon on May 24.
Three other teams – Ajax, Bayern Munich and Benfica – were confirmed alongside Manchester United on Thursday. Jacob has also not ruled out the possibility of a club from the United States’ National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) taking part.
The prize on offer to the winners will be £1.9m – significantly more than the current maximum on offer for winning the Women’s Champions League, and Jacob…
