Chelsea have signed the USA winger Alyssa Thompson from Angel City for an upfront fee understood to be just shy of $1.5m (£1.1m), which sources say could climb close to a world-record sum with potential add-ons, on a dramatic transfer deadline day in the Women’s Super League.
Thompson is understood to have put pen to paper on a five-year contract with just over an hour to spare before the window shut at 11pm. The 20-year-old completed a medical earlier on Thursday in London, after boarding a flight from Los Angeles late on Wednesday night, amid extensive negotiations between the two clubs.
