Women’s Super League summer transfer window: Olivia Smith to Arsenal and every other confirmed deal | OneFootball

Olivia Smith has joined Arsenal in a £1m deal in one of the biggest completed deals of the WSL summer transfer window. (Jay Patel/SPP)

We are well into the summer transfer window for the Women’s Super League (WSL) and here we have compiled a list of all the confirmed deals, departures and releases.

July 17th saw the biggest transfer yet as Olivia Smith completed a world-record move from Liverpool to Arsenal.

This made her the first £1 million player in the history of women’s football.

The Champions League winners have been busy, also signing Chloe Kelly and Smith’s former Liverpool teammate Taylor Hinds.

WSL champions Chelsea have not stood still either, bringing in four new permanent recruits.

Business can be expected to pick up further after the completion of Women’s Euro 2025 on July 27th.

Below, we take a look at every Women’s Super League club’s confirmed deals so far this summer.

WSL summer transfer window confirmed deals

Arsenal

In:

Anneke Borbe – VfL Wolfsburg (free agent)

Taylor Hinds – Liverpool (free agent)

Chloe Kelly – Manchester City (free agent)

Olivia Smith – Liverpool (£1m)

Out:

Teyah Goldie – London City Lionesses (free agent)

Lina Hurtig – Fiorentina (free agent)

Amanda Ilestedt – Released

Aston Villa

In:

Jill Baijings – Bayern Munich (undisclosed fee)

Ellie Roebuck – Barcelona (free)

Lynn Wilms – Wolfsburg (free)

Out:

Rachel Corsie – Retired

Jordan Nobbs – Newcastle United (free agent)

Maz Pachecho – Released

Katie Robinson – Everton (loan)

Danielle Turner – Released

Brighton & Hove Albion

In:

Manuele Vanegas Catano – Real Sociedad (free agent)

Moeka Minami – Roma (undisclosed fee)

Chiamaka Nnadozie – Paris FC (free agent)

Out

Guru Bersvand – Released

Pauline Bremner – Released

Vicky Losado – Released

Li Mengwen – Released

Poppy Pattinson – London City Lionesses (free)

Dejana Stefanovic – Released

Maria Thorisdottir – Released

Chelsea

In:

Mara Alber – Hoffenheim (undisclosed fee)

Ellie Carpenter – Lyon (undisclosed fee)

Livia Peng – Werder Bremen (undisclosed fee)

Becky Spencer – Tottenham (undisclosed fee)

Out:

Mia Fishel – Seattle Reign FC (undisclosed fee)

Sophie Ingle – Released

Ashley Lawrence – Lyon (free agent)

Zecira Musovic – Malmo (undisclosed fee)

Everton

In:

Martina Fernandez – Barcelona (undisclosed fee)

Rion Ishikawa – Urawa Red Diamonds (undisclosed fee)

Hikaru Kitigawa – BK Hacken (undisclosed fee)

Yuka Momiki – Leicester City (free agent)

Katie Robinson – Aston Villa (loan)

Rosa van Gool – Ajax (free agent)

Ornella Vignola – Granada (undisclosed fee)

Out:

Sara Holmgaard – Real Madrid (free agent)

Rikke Madsen – Released

Maren Mjelde – Released

Karoline Olsen – Malmo (free agent)

Heather Payne – Released

Ines Pereira – Deportivo La Coruna (loan extension)

Veatriki Sarri – Birmingham City (undisclosed fee)

Lauren Thomas – Released

Justine Vanheavermaet – Released

Leicester City

In:

Out:

CJ Bott – Released

Sophie Howard – released

Yuka Momiki – Everton (free)

Courtney Nevin – Released

Lena Petermann – Werder Bremen (free)

Deanne Rose – Free

Saori Takarada – Cerezo Osaka Sakai (free)

Liverpool

In:

Rafaela Borggrafe – SC Freiburg (undisclosed fee)

Sam Kerr – Bayern Munich (undisclosed fee)

Kirsty Maclean – Rangers (undisclosed fee)

Out:

Yana Daniels – Released

Niamh Fahey – Retired

Taylor Hinds – Arsenal (Free agent)

Jasmine Matthews – Released

Teagan Micah – Released

London City Lionesses

In:

Danielle van de Donk – Lyon (free agent)

Sanni Franssi – Real Sociedad (free agent)

Isa Kaardinal – Ajax (undisclosed fee)

Elene Lete – Real Sociedad (undisclosed fee)

Poppy Pattinson – Brighton (free)

Teyah Goldie – Arsenal (free agent)

Out

Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah – Released

Georgia Brougham – Released

Megan Campbell – Released

Lucy Fitzgerald – Released

Milijana Ivanovic – Malmo FF (undisclosed fee)

Emma Mukandi – Released

Connie Schofield – Released

Manchester City

In:

Iman Beney – Young Boys (undisclosed fee)

Jade Rose – Harvard University (undisclosed fee)

Sydney Lohmann – Bayern Munich (undisclosed fee)

Out:

Laia Aleixandri – Barcelona (free agent)

Chloe Kelly – Arsenal (free agent)

Jill Roord – FC Twente (undisclosed fee)

Manchester United

In:

Out:

Alyssa Aherne – Released

Aoife Mannion – Released

Jess Simpson – Southampton (loan)

Tottenham Hotspur

In:

Toko Koga – Feyenoord (undisclosed fee)

Out:

Becky Spencer – Chelsea (undisclosed fee)

West Ham United

In:

Sarah Brasero – G.D. Estoril Praia (undisclosed fee)

Out

Shannon Cooke – Released

Emma Harries – Released

Marika Bergman Lundin – Released

Kirsty Smith – Released

Katelin Talbert – Released

When does the 2025-26 summer window close?

The summer transfer window closes for Women’s Super League sides at 23:00 BST on Thursday, 4 September.

It was first opened on Wednesday, 18th June.