Lizbeth Ovalle moves to the US league NWSL to Orlando Pride. Your new club writes about a “record sum”.
Lizbeth Ovalle is one “World -class talent”said Mark Wilf, owner and chairman of Orlando Pride, according to a message. “Your arrival in Orlando marks another step on our way.” Accordingly, Ovalle is now the player for whom the highest transfer fee in women’s football has been paid.
Orlando Pride did not publish an exact number. In the report of the club, however, it can be read of a “record revenue” for women’s football. That fits a report from the news agency Associated Presswhich had previously reported on the upcoming change and a record loss of $ 1.5 million (the equivalent of almost 1.3 million euros).
Ovalle is more expensive than Olivia Smith
Ovalle is therefore more expensive than Olivia Smith. The Canadian national player moved from FC Liverpool to Arsenal for one million British pounds (the equivalent of around 1.15 million euros) in July. Previously, the change from Naomi Girma in winter was the record for the equivalent of 950,000 euros from San Diego Wave to Chelsea FC. In Germany, the record is around 400,000 euros that FC Bayern Munich paid for Wolfsburgs Lena Oberdorf.
Lena Oberdorf during the training of FC Bayern Munich
New teammate from Marta
Orlando Pride is the reigning master of the women’s profective NWSL, and the club is currently the third in the table. Numerous stars play at the club, including the Brazilian international Marta.
In the future, Ovalle will also interact with it. She had previously scored 136 goals for the Mexican Association of Tigres Uanl in 294 competitive games and gave 103 templates.
The Mexican international, nickname: “La Maga”, the magician, was the second best goal scorer at the women’s Gold Cup and scored an almost artistic goal against the USA when she raised the ball with her hoe over the US goalkeeper.
UEFA director Kessler: “Transfer market will explode”
The early German international Nadine Kessler works for UEFA as a women’s football director and spoke during the European Championship in Switzerland about the future of transfers among women. “I think the transfer market will explode”said Kessler of the German Press Agency (dpa). “It is enormous, quick growth. I don’t know when we break the 100 million mark, but if it continues at the pace, it doesn’t take too long.”
Kessler also said: “The transfer system was introduced to FIFA in 2018. And we now have growth around ten times compared to seven years ago.”