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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Suzanne Wrack

Saudi oil and betting firms? Women’s football must not lose its moral compass

The logo of the state-owned Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco, one of Fifa’s sponsors for the 2027 Women’s World Cup
The state-owned Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco is one of Fifa’s sponsors for the 2027 Women’s World Cup. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Women’s football, the business, is on the rise. There will be ups and downs, anomalies and backward 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broke the record for the most expensive transfer fee in women’s football, the latest high mark of a record being superseded with such increasing frequency that the first £1m transfer does not seem far away.

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