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The Guardian // Sport

Birmingham’s major move shows where fiscal power lies in women’s football

Thursday 22nd January 2026, 8:00AM

Ambitious owners and financial growth have allowed WSL and WSL2 clubs to assert dominance in the transfer market“If anyone didn’t take our ambition seriously, I hope they really do after this window, because it shows what we’re pushing for.”Amy Merricks was answering a question about Birmingham City breaking the second-tier transfer record to sign Wilma Leidhammar from Norrköping, but the head coach’s words could easily sum up the English January transfer window as a whole, as teams in the Women’s Super League, and in WSL2, demonstrate where the financial power lies in the women’s game. Continue reading...

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