"France midfielder, Grace Geyoro, signed for newly-promoted London City Lionesses (owned by wealthy businesswoman and serial football investor, Michelle Kang) in September for a fee of about 1.6 million ($1.9 million). Geyoro's move was the fifth to break the world transfer record in 2025, with each player moving to either the NWSL in the USA or the WSL in England."
""If I look back 10 years, there were just a few transfers with any fees, now you see it all the time." Short-term contracts and a lack of investment in women's football meant that transfer fees for players were very rare until recently and, in comparison to men's football, very small. Until Pernille Harder's 280,000 move from Wolfsburg to Chelsea in 2019, 235,000 was the top fee paid for a female player."
Grace Geyoro moved to newly-promoted London City Lionesses for about 1.6 million ($1.9 million), becoming the game's most expensive player. Her transfer was the fifth world-record fee in 2025, with recent top moves to the NWSL or WSL. Agents note records are being broken frequently and signal healthy market growth. Historically, short-term contracts and limited investment kept fees rare and small; the previous top fee was Pernille Harder's 280,000 move in 2019. Growing tournament success, sellouts, and broadcast deals have boosted visibility and commercial value, increasing fees and wages at the elite level while risking unequal benefits across the sport.
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