Washington Spirit‘s majority owner Michele Kang has said she believes multi-club ownership is the best way to develop women’s football after acquiring English Championship side London City Lionesses.
Kang’s influence in women’s football has grown in recent years. She gained ownership of Washington Spirit in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in 2022 and purchased a controlling stake in French giants Lyon in February 2023.
In December, she acquired London City Lionesses, the only independent women’s football club in the top two tiers of English women’s football.
On Thursday, she announced four major developments, including the appointment of former Paris Saint-Germain coach Jocelyn Prêcheur and Sweden international Kosovare Asllani as the first of seven new signings with the aim of wining promotion to the top tier, the Women’s Super League (WSL).
Kang echoed her previous statements that multi-club ownership is imperative to developing women’s football.
“I am fully aware of sort of a negative connotation of multi-club, especially in the men’s side, because on the women’s side, no one had multi-club…
