Saudi oil and betting firms? Women’s football must not lose its moral compass | Suzanne Wrack
Investment is needed to maintain growth but recent deals go against the values women’s game has worked hard on
Women’s football, the business, is on the rise. There will be ups and downs, anomalies and backwards steps, but the overall trajectory is upwards.
In March, Racheal Kundananji’s move from Madrid CFF to Bay FC for £685,000 broke the record for the most expensive transfer fee in women’s football, a record being superseded with such increasing frequency that the first £1m transfer does not feel far away.
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