The Orlando Satisfaction are in superior discussions to accumulate star Mexican midfielder Lizbeth Ovalle in a deal that will break the ladies’s soccer switch report, a number of sources confirmed to CBS Sports activities. In a transfer that’s anticipated to be introduced earlier than the tip of the NWSL switch interval on Aug. 25, the reigning champion Satisfaction are set to pay Tigres $1.5 million and signal Ovalle to on deal by way of 2027 with a mutual possibility for 2028, sources confirmed.
A number of experiences out of Mexico on Monday said the payment might attain $2 million, although sources conversant in the negotiations confirmed the $1.5 million threshold. The ultimate quantity nonetheless units a brand new report, with U.S. ladies’s nationwide workforce participant Naomi Girma to Chelsea FC setting the $1 million mark, and later surpassed by Canadian worldwide Olivia Smith after signing with Arsenal following a $1.34 million payment.
Ovalle was thought of a prime prospect throughout the globe throughout the current switch window, drawing consideration from FC Barcelona, Washington Spirit, and WSL groups. The winger leaves Tigres after practically a decade, with 9 titles and 136 objectives and is a key starter for the Mexico ladies’s nationwide workforce.
The transfer would bolster Orlando’s squad in time for an additional championship push heading into the ultimate stretch of the common season, because it at present sits third within the standings after Matchday 16, 12 factors again of first-place Kansas Metropolis.
