Ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 this summer, women’s football has already seen some impressive growth in the transfer market.
FIFA’s 2022 transfer report revealed that international transfers in the women’s game have doubled since 2018, with 500 clubs involved last year, and FIFA’s chief legal and compliance officer Emilio Garcia Silvero said: “All of this reflects the impressive strides being taken as more and more female players continue to turn professional. Some 1,555 international transfers were recorded in 2022, an increase of 19.3% compared to the previous year, while a new high of 119 associations were involved in international transfers.”
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Already there have been some big deals agreed among the biggest clubs — with the English Women’s Super League (WSL) window opening on June 26 and most of the rest of Europe on July 1. Here are grades for all the major summer transfers in the women’s game, with each listed in order of date and then highest fee.
All fees are reported unless confirmed with an asterisk (*).
July 1
PERNILLE HARDER
Free
Chelsea: C
Bayern: A
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