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How are London City Lionesses able to embark on such a transfer spree?

How are London City Lionesses able to embark on such a transfer spree?

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Many are in awe of the investment that Michele Kang is making into the women’s game. Others, though, are baffled There is one team whose transfer activity this summer has captured everyone’s attention. London City Lionesses, a club who finished in the bottom half of the second tier a little over two years ago, have stu

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Many are in awe of the investment that Michele Kang is making into the women’s game. Others, though, are baffled There is one team whose transfer activity this summer has captured everyone’s attention.

London City Lionesses, a club who finished in the bottom half of the second tier a little over two years ago, have stunned the women’s game by signing a flurry of big names, including the Spain stars Alexia Putellas and Mapi León, the former England goalkeeper Mary Earps, and then, on Wednesday morning, the France winger Kadidiatou Diani.

It is a startling recruitment drive intent on breaking up the Women’s Super League’s established order. Reaction has been divided.

Many are in awe of the investment that the independent club’s owner, the American businesswoman Michele Kang, is making into the women’s game.

Others, including senior staff at lots of rival clubs, are baffled at the idea that one of the league’s smaller teams can afford such world-class signings.

They have one key question on their lips: how are London City able to sign all of these top players within the confines of the WSL’s salary cap? Continue reading...

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