Ten new signings to watch in the Women's Super League

The instrumentality of the Women's Super League is astir present and determination volition beryllium caller players looking to marque their sanction successful the contention aft arriving successful the summer.

Clubs person been engaged successful the transportation model arsenic they physique for the 2024-25 season, which begins connected 20 September.

As we adjacent the opening of the campaign, BBC Sport has picked retired 10 players - successful nary peculiar bid - who volition beryllium looking to drawback the oculus successful England's apical flight.

Mariona Caldentey has already impressed for the Gunners successful the Champions League since joining from Barcelona this summer.

The 28-year-old Spain winger has an awesome trophy haul from her clip with the Catalan side, winning six league titles, 3 Champions Leagues and six Spanish Cups during her 10-year stint.

She was portion of the Spain squad who bushed England successful the 2023 World Cup last and is an breathtaking summation to Arsenal’s beforehand line.

England defender Lucy Bronze is nary alien to the Women’s Super League, but she’s made the determination to instrumentality aft 2 years away.

She joined Barcelona from Manchester City successful 2022, but the right-back has present moved to Chelsea and - arsenic 1 of the world’s champion defenders - volition beryllium a large summation to Sonia Bompastor’s team.

Bronze, 32, has won 5 Champions Leagues, 3 WSL titles, lifted the Euro 2022 trophy with England and was portion of the Lionesses broadside who reached the 2023 World Cup final.

Aston Villa person invested heavy pursuing the accomplishment of caller brag Robert de Pauw - smashing their transportation grounds to enlistee Gabi Nunez.

The 27-year-old Brazil guardant has joined for £250,000 from Levante and volition beryllium a large boost arsenic Villa look to amended past season’s seventh-placed finish.

Spain youngster Bruna Vilamala, 22, has joined Brighton connected a season-long indebtedness from Barcelona and brings a premix of imaginable and proven experience.

She has netted 20 goals successful 50 appearances for Barcelona and was awarded an planetary call-up for satellite champions Spain successful June, scoring connected her debut against Denmark.

With Elisabeth Terland having near Brighton for Manchester United, could Vilamala capable the void?

WSL newcomers Crystal Palace person looked to established striker Katie Stengel arsenic they enactment unneurotic a squad to effort to vie aft promotion to the apical flight.

Stengel, 32, has played successful the Women’s Super League antecedently with Liverpool and joins from Gotham FC.

She scored 17 goals successful 33 games for Liverpool during the 2022-23 WSL season.

Jamaica defender Chantelle Swaby joined Leicester connected a escaped transportation this summertime and could beryllium a large summation to their backline.

She helped Fleury decorativeness 5th successful the French apical formation past play and has besides played for the USA’s Sky Blue FC - and Rangers, wherever she won the 2021-22 Scottish Women’s Premier League.

Liverpool shelled retired a nine grounds interest of £210,000 for Canada planetary Olivia Smith and volition anticipation she proves her worthy successful her debut WSL campaign.

The Reds are looking to physique connected a palmy season, successful which they finished fourth, and 20-year-old Smith - who tin play arsenic a guardant oregon attacking midfielder - could play a important role.

Manchester City person a well-stocked squad, but they’ve added a fig of players this summertime - including Japan guardant Aoba Fujino.

The promising 20-year-old became Japan’s youngest ever scorer astatine the 2023 Women’s World Cup and was a regular menace for Tokyo Verdy successful the Japanese apical flight.

She joins compatriots Risa Shimizu, Ayaka Yamashita and Yui Hasegawa astatine City.

After a spell with German heavyweights Wolfsburg, erstwhile Arsenal defender Dominique Janssen is backmost successful the WSL.

She has signed for Manchester United, who volition beryllium looking to physique connected winning the FA Cup past season.

The 29-year-old Netherlands planetary could beryllium important successful ensuring United support goals retired this year.

Tottenham person added immoderate attacking firepower by signing Australia winger Hayley Raso.

Raso, who utilized to play for Manchester City and Everton, is an experienced guardant who has played a large relation successful her country’s efforts successful caller years.

She scored 3 times arsenic Australia reached the semi-finals of the World Cup successful 2023, wherever they were knocked retired by runners-up England.