After a busy summer of comings and goings in the WSL, we look at one transfer that each of the 14 clubs have made so far that should get you excited about the season ahead.
The 2026-27 Women’s Super League season is almost upon us, with the first round of fixtures set to begin on 4 September.
It’s expected to be one of the most competitive editions in the league’s history, with the gap to the traditional ‘big four’ – Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United – expected to close considerably as sides such as London City Lionesses and Tottenham Hotspur look to make their mark.
Newly-promoted Crystal Palace, Birmingham City and Charlton Athletic will all be hoping to put up enough of a fight to survive a season in the English top-flight.
It won’t be easy; with an average team rating of 84.3, the WSL is deemed the second-toughest league in women’s football by the Opta Power Rankings behind only the United States’ NWSL (85.3).
The competition is tough, and all 14 teams have been busy strengthening their squads over the summer to put themselves in the best position for success.
We’ve highlighted one new addition to each WSL team that fans should keep an eye out for this season.
Arsenal: Georgia Stanway
We were made to wait for the official announcement, but as expected Lia Wälti has returned to the Women’s Super League after just a one-year hiatus in Italy with Juventus.
The Swiss international has joined Brighton & Hove Albion after ending the 2025-26 Serie A campaign as the Juve player that made the most tackles (33), won possession the most times (85) and recorded the joint-most assists (3).
In fact, Wälti was the only player in Serie A last season to make 30+ tackles, complete 500+ passes, create 20+ chances and register more than one assist.
Charlton: Anna Koivunen
Charlton Athletic have brought in Beth Mead moving to Manchester City is a close second.
The all-time WSL leading assist provider (54) leaves Arsenal after almost a decade, having scored 54 goals and recording 50 assists in 167 league appearances. Since her Gunners debut in May 2017, the Lioness has the most assists (50), the most chances created (352) and fourth most open play crosses (347) in the WSL.
Among those to play 1,000+ minutes in the division last season, Mead ranked fifth for passes played into the penalty area per 90 minutes (8.2 – including crosses) which will likely prove to be a huge asset for Manchester City.
Last season the Citizens set the record for the most corner goals scored in a WSL campaign (15) and came close to equalling Chelsea’s record (17 in 2020-21) for the most headed goals netted in a season (Man City – 16).
Joining the dangerous duo of Vivianne Miedema and Khadija Shaw, it means Man City now have three of the six players to rack up a century of goal involvements in the WSL among their ranks.
In fact, during their time together in north London, Mead and Miedema combined for more goals than any other teammates have in WSL history (23).
Man Utd: Andrea Medina
Left-back Andrea Medina played twice for Atlético Madrid against Manchester United in last season’s UEFA Women’s Champions League and the Red Devils evidently liked what they saw, particularly in the first leg of their play-off tie.
In that first meeting, Medina made the most clearances (four) and the joint-most tackles (two) of any Atleti player, while also completing the joint-most dribbles (three) and winning the joint-most duels (eight) of any player in the match overall.
The 22-year-old also led the Atlético ranks in Liga F last term for duels won (124), clearances (106), interceptions (44) and total carries (357). In fact, only three defenders across Europe’s big five leagues made more carries than her last season.
Medina made her Spanish top-flight debut for Real Betis in January 2020 at the age of 15 and has already racked up 160 appearances in the competition. Since her first full campaign in 2020-21 she has made comfortably the most appearances of any player aged 22 or under across Europe’s big five leagues (159).
Tottenham: Kirsty Hanson
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