‘Brilliant’ or ‘skews the market’? WSL bosses on Chelsea spending

Marc Skinner, the manager of Manchester United, says the addition of more money to the women’s game “skews the market.” However, he claims Chelsea’s spending in the January transfer window “skews the market.”

Naomi Girma, the most expensive female football player in the world, was signed by Chelsea for $900,000, according to the women’s Super League leaders.

On Friday they confirmed a deal for Barcelona’s England midfielder Keira Walsh.

Kayla Rendell, a goalkeeper for United’s January transfer window, joined Southampton from the Women’s Championship, and Skinner claimed that his team is not on par with Chelsea in terms of transfers.

“I am happy the investment has come in”, said Skinner. “Does it widen the gap? It undoubtedly skews the market a little.

Because they are positioned to attract those kinds of investments, I don’t think Chelsea will be groaning about that.

“For us it’s fantastic for the women’s game, the growth and development in such a short period of time.

However, fallouts and how they might affect everyone else might be possible.

Chelsea leads the WSL by seven points, seven points behind United in second.

However, Skinner said his team will continue to try to close the gap when it is beyond their control when using the field.

” It has to make you try harder, “he added”. That is the reality. We’re not that team. We can’t go and spend those types of fees.

“But what we can do is try to recruit smartly, not be alarmed that teams are making that kind of investments, and actively participate in our own process.”

United made a deadline-day offer for England forward Chloe Kelly from rivals Manchester City, but the 27-year-old joined Arsenal on loan late on Thursday.

“If we found the right person and we could make a right deal, then we’d try and do it”, Skinner said.

Women’s Super League managers have voiced their opinions on whether the sport is in danger of losing ground.

“They spend]on one player] what we spend on our squad in an entire year”, said Everton boss Brian Sorensen. “So that’s a gap, right? They are the nation’s number one for a reason, and they are.

” If they have an injury on a good centre-back, they just go out and buy the best one available. They simply go out and buy the best striker available after an injury to one of their players last year.

“That shows commitment to the women’s team, so fair play. But I think if you’re talking about longer term, making it sustainable and all that, then probably it’s going to be hard”.

Amandine Miquel, the current manager of French side Reims for seven years, hopes other clubs will notice and make more money out of their investments.

“Hopefully we still think that money doesn’t make anything, and we need to wake up every day thinking we can compete against any team and keep doing that as long as we can,” she said.

If that occurs, it will just be an old story for me because we had to live with it for 12 years in France and Lyon were far ahead. You have to assume that second place is the one when that occurs, and that’s it.

Rehanne Skinner, the manager of West Ham, claimed a significant signing like Girma could help Chelsea win the Women’s Champions League, which would benefit domestically and in England.

The cost of two transfers for two players, according to Skinner, is more than half of the entire WSL budget.

Clubs must ensure they have the necessary squad to accomplish their goals of winning the Champions League.

“I do believe it’s about time an English team won the Champions League.” If that occurs, everyone benefits as a result.

Robert Vilahamn, the head coach at Tottenham, agreed that signing a player of Girma’s caliber made Chelsea even more difficult to defeat overall.

“I’m an advocate for raising]the profile of] women’s football so if that means clubs show that they want to invest more money in the game, I think it is a good thing for female athletes and for women’s football”, he said.

“If I look at it with those eyes, I’m happy that it happened because it could happen even more and bring in more money, which is what we need to make sure we make steps,” she said.