It could have been an absolute female transfer record. Manchester United refused

The last day of the transfer window was hot not only in men’s football. Perhaps even more has happened in women’s football. On the final straight, Arsenal tried to complete a historic, highest transfer in history. Ultimately, he failed to sign England star Alessia Russo. Manchester United proved relentless.

Manchester United got their way. There will be no record

The current record is 460,000. the euro that FC Barcelona paid last year for Keira Walsh from Manchester City. Initially, Arsenal wanted to pay Russo in the range, but Manchester United remained a tough negotiator. As a result, Arsenal decided to break the bank and on the last day of the transfer window raised their offer by another 100,000. euros, but even this did not convince the club activists and the striker stayed in Manchester.

The would-be transfer record does not impress much anyway compared to the amounts we deal with in men’s football. There, for the leading European teams, such money is “small”. Neymar’s record transfer from FC Barcelona to PSG (€222 million) is a completely different scale of expenses. However, the mere fact that prices in the women’s transfer market are rising is a sign of the growing popularity of women’s football, especially in England.

Alessia Russo stays. He is a star for United and the England team

23-year-old Alessia Russo is undoubtedly one of the leading figures in this discipline. In the last Euro 2022, in which she won the championship title together with England, she scored four goals, becoming the third most effective player of the tournament. Her goal in the semi-final against Sweden was considered the most beautiful goal of the event and was nominated by FIFA for the Puskas Award.

The footballer has scored five goals in nine games this season in the women’s superleague. Arsenal’s interest was mainly due to their two strikers Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema now recovering from injuries.