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

The return of nan Women's Super League is almost present and location will beryllium caller players looking to make their sanction successful nan title aft arriving successful nan summer.

Clubs person been engaged successful nan transportation model arsenic they build for nan 2024-25 season, which originates connected 20 September.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aston Villa person invested heavy pursuing nan presence of caller leader 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 will 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 operation of imaginable and proven experience.

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

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

WSL newcomers Crystal Palace person looked to established striker Katie Stengel arsenic they put together a squad to effort to compete aft promotion to nan apical flight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She has signed for Manchester United, who will beryllium looking to build connected winning nan FA Cup past season.

The 29-year-old Netherlands world 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 knowledgeable guardant who has played a large domiciled successful her country’s efforts successful caller years.

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