Keira Walsh: Why chelsea signing another world class talent for big money should take care of all WSL rivals | Football news
Keira Walsh has long been linked to the return to the Women’s Super League. Through the last three transmission windows, her name has emerged several times, but never about Chelsea. Arsenal have always been the leaders, so what has changed?
England International moved to Barcelona due to the then world record fee when leaving Manchester City 2022, helping them win the Champions League headings, and entered the last few months of her contract.
It’s no secret that Walsh is watching a return to the UK. Arsenal tried to try it last summer, but the fee will always be a point. Barca wanted a significant return on their huge investment and was not under pressure to sell – Gunners offer had to be irresistible. No, and now the climate has changed in favor of Chelsea.
The midfielder, who would enter any WSL team, has a luxury of choices. And there is no doubt that the column of “professionals” in Chelsea far outweighs what Arsenal can currently offer a 27-year-old, in top years of career.
Sonia Bompastor on top is seven points at the top of the league has not lost the game since Emma Hayes Frenchwomen’s wakeless download. They are still one of three teams still undefeated over the big five leagues of Europe, along with Barcelona and Lyon and are equally solid in the Champions League.
Going to Chelsea is simply a safer bet. They are the WSL destination club. There is no cubes with cubes with the obsessed details of Bompastor – a proven winner, whose influence on the league in six months since the Hayes replacement was deep.
The streets are in front of the nearest rivals in every sense and gladly spoiled their status.
The latest meeting between Chelsea and Arsenal neatly capsulates the point. The northern Londoners enjoyed an impressive revival under the Renee Slegers, playing back in the title picture, until they met the WSL leaders at Stamford Bridge and were inevitably canceled.
Maybe the result did not reflect the game. Maybe Arsenal deserved more. But the fact remains that the Blues effectively ended the search for weapons, making their own accusation quite unobtrusive. And as the gap expanses, Chelsea’s attraction becomes more attractive.
What will harm the arsenal the most is the opportunity that slid through their fingers. Last summer they were in front of the order and they could persuade Walsh to join if they were willing to meet Barcelona’s demands. Instead of stabbing the necessary cash they were waiting for, hoping Walsh would lure Emirates for a year later and saw their hesitation.
The inevitable feeling that the second world class player has strengthened Chelsea’s cause must be of great concern for the whole set of clubs who want to submit to the fifth ruling champions. Manchester City – with which Walsh would win at WSL in 2016 – should be equally worried because Chelsea attacks this brave new era.
Arsenal was in running for Naomi Girma, also, before Chelsea’s transfer £ 890k It was confirmed on Saturday morning – another symbol of the jazba between the two clubs. The new world record defender was paraded to Stamford Bridge before starting as a timely reminder of Chelsea’s strength – another stick with which Arsenal’s lack of ambitions could hit.
Of course, investments must always be taken into account, and the books balanced – Arsenal repeatedly says that he wants to act in a sustainable way (the main reason why VIV Miedema was allowed to leave last summer) – but they are the most successful club in WSL . They generate higher income and attract greater crowds than Chelsea.
What they don’t do is winning the title.
And for a top talent game, it will always be the biggest move.
The most expensive transfers in women’s football:
1. Naomi girma to Chelsea£ 900,000
2. Rachael Kundani to Bay FC, £ 685
3. Barbra Banda to Orlando Pride, £ 581K
4. Keira Walsh that Chelsea£ 500k
5. Mayra Ramirez to Chelsea£ 426k
