France midfielder Grace Geyoro joins WSL club from PSG
Manchester United manager Skinner says fee is ‘crazy’
London City Lionesses have broken the world record for a women’s football transfer by signing the France midfielder Grace Geyoro from Paris Saint-Germain for €1.65m (£1.43m), the Guardian understands.
The deal is believed to have gone to the wire on Thursday but was completed before the Women’s Super League’s transfer window closed at 11pm BST and the 28-year-old has become the third player to break the world record in the women’s game in less than two months.
It follows Olivia Smith’s £1m move from Liverpool to Arsenal in mid-July, the first that broke the £1m barrier, and Lizbeth Ovalle’s $1.5m (£1.1m) transfer to the American club Orlando Pride from the Mexican side Tigres. London City Lionesses are flexing their muscles in the transfer market thanks to the spending power available to them through their owner, Michele Kang. The American businesswoman also owns the French champions, OL Lyonnes, and the National Women’s Soccer League side Washington Spirit.
