Spurs break their girls’s switch file to signal Alice Sombath from Lyonnes | Tottenham Hotspur Ladies

Tottenham have signed the France defender Alice Sombath from Lyonnes for a membership file payment. The value paid for the 22-year-old has not been disclosed however the earlier membership file, paid for Signe Gaupset in January, was reportedly greater than £375,000.

“The league may be very aggressive, each recreation is a tricky recreation and that’s what I’m most enthusiastic about,” stated Sombath. “I noticed that Spurs had an excellent season final yr. My qualities can carry one thing to the group, despite the fact that I do know they have already got rather a lot.”

Sombath spent six years at Lyonnes, the eight-time European champions, becoming a member of the membership after she was signed from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.

She received the Champions League in her second season, that includes twice and being on the bench within the closing, and received 5 league titles and two Coupe de France titles.

Tottenham’s head coach, Martin Ho, stated the defender “matches the profile of what we’re constructing”. She has already proven actual maturity in her performances and we imagine she has all of the qualities to proceed growing right into a prime participant inside our surroundings.

“Alice is an aggressive defender who’s snug in possession, aggressive in her duels and has the ambition to maintain bettering each day. These traits are actually necessary to us and we’re excited to assist her take the subsequent step in her profession whereas strengthening the squad.”

Sombath is Spurs’s sixth signing of the summer time, after Shekiera Martinez, Kirsty Hanson, Victoria Pelova, Caitlin Dijkstra and Selma Panengstuen.

The membership are delighted to have gotten these offers performed early, permitting for a full pre-season, and that Sombath’s recruitment means they’ve secured the companies of their six precedence targets.

Tottenham completed fifth within the WSL final season after a disappointing eleventh the previous season. They have been 4 factors behind fourth-placed Manchester United, however 19 behind the league winners, Manchester Metropolis.