Spurs break their women’s transfer record to sign Alice Sombath from Lyonnes

Tottenham person signed nan France defender Alice Sombath from Lyonnes for a nine grounds fee. The value paid for nan 22-year-old has not been disclosed but nan erstwhile nine record, paid for Signe Gaupset successful January, was reportedly much than £375,000.

“The convention is very competitive, each crippled is simply a reliable crippled and that’s what I’m astir excited about,” said Sombath. “I saw that Spurs had a very bully play past year. My qualities tin bring thing to nan team, moreover though I cognize they already person a lot.”

Sombath spent six years astatine nan eight-time European champions Lyonnes, signing her first master statement pinch nan nine aft she was signed from Paris Saint-Gemain successful 2020.

She won nan Champions League successful her 2nd season, featuring doubly and being connected nan chair successful nan final, and won 5 convention titles and 2 Coupe de France titles.

Tottenham’s caput coach, Martin Ho, said nan defender “fits nan floor plan of what we’re building”. “She has already shown existent maturity successful her performances, and we judge she has each nan qualities to proceed processing into a apical subordinate wrong our environment,” he said.

“Alice is an fierce defender who is comfortable successful possession, competitory successful her duels, and has nan ambition to support improving each day. Those characteristics are really important to us, and we’re excited to thief her return nan adjacent measurement successful her profession while strengthening nan squad.”

Sombath is Spurs’s sixth signing of nan summer, aft Shekiera Martinez, Kirsty Hanson, Victoria Pelova, Caitlin Dijkstra and Selma Panengstuen.

It is understood nan nine are delighted to person sewage these deals done early, allowing for a afloat pre-season, and that Sombath’s recruitment intends they person secured nan services of their six privilege targets.

Tottenham vanished an awesome 5th successful nan WSL past play aft a disappointing 11th spot nan preceding season. They were 4 points down fourth-placed Manchester United but 19 down nan convention winners, Manchester City.