The Orlando Delight are in superior discussions to accumulate star Mexican midfielder Lizbeth Ovalle in a deal that might break the ladies’s soccer switch document, a number of sources confirmed to CBS Sports activities. In a transfer that’s anticipated to be introduced earlier than the top of the NWSL switch interval on Aug. 25, the reigning champion Delight are set to pay Tigres $1.5 million and signal Ovalle to on deal by way of 2027 with a mutual choice for 2028, sources confirmed.
A number of reviews out of Mexico on Monday acknowledged the price may attain $2 million, although sources accustomed to the negotiations confirmed the $1.5 million threshold. The ultimate quantity nonetheless units a brand new document, 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 price.
Ovalle was thought-about a high prospect throughout the globe through the current switch window, drawing consideration from FC Barcelona, Washington Spirit, and WSL groups. The winger leaves Tigres after almost a decade, with 9 titles and 136 targets and is a key starter for the Mexico ladies’s nationwide workforce.
The transfer would bolster Orlando’s squad in time for one more 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.
