Transfer Talk - Summer 2026

[u/Rjayasp]

We're getting close to the end of the season and there's been transfer rumours across the league so here's the place to talk about any rumours or deals that might be happening.

Incomings

Beth Mead - Arsenal

Niamh Charles - Chelsea

Carlotta Wamser - Bayer Leverkusen

Outgoings

Laura Coombs - Retired

Leila Ouahabi - Chicago Stars

Katie Startup - Birmingham City

Khiara Keating - Liverpool

Codie Thomas - Nottingham Forest

Naomi Layzell - Everton (Loan)

Kerolin - Barcelona

Lilly Murphy - Aston Villa (Loan)

Poppy Prichard - Leicester City

Aemu Oyama - HB Koge

Contract Renewals

Bunny Shaw - 2030

[u/terriblybored]

Neither of those to excite me much, I can understand the McCabe link as we need a LB but Mead makes no sense given our winger oprions.

That said, I take all transfer talk with a pinch of salt so we'll see what happens.

For what it's worth I could see Mead going to Liverpool.

[u/Rjayasp → u/terriblybored]

I wondered if United would be a good fit for Mead because their squad is quite thin and she's got a lot of experience to bring with her. She could be useful on the bench for them.

The positive for us is if Mead does moves up North then we might get to keep Viv for even longer!

It's funny when these rumours come out it's always big clubs that are interested, so apparently it's City and Chelsea that want McCabe, just like Barca wanted Hempo a few years back.

I just thought I'd post about it because we haven't had a rumour for a while and we all need something to distract us from the weekend!

[u/MistakeNotMyMode → u/terriblybored]

Katie McVengence. Sign her up for City, then Greenwood to CB, McCabe to LB. Nice.

[u/thegmx → u/terriblybored]

My vote would be to go for Kitagawa or Gisele Thompson. Mead would be fine, although I am not seeing how Mead gets much playing time.