{"id":791269,"date":"2026-07-10T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791269\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:45:09","slug":"this-summers-top-signings-so-far-bwsl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791269\/","title":{"rendered":"This summer\u2019s top signings (so far\u2026) | BWSL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Alexia Putellas<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona &gt; London City Lionesses<\/p>\n<p>London City Lionesses have arguably made one of the biggest statement signings of the summer with the addition of two-times Ballon d\u2019Or Feminin winner, and arguably one of the greatest players in the women\u2019s game, Alexia Putellas.\u00a0<br \/>The mercurial 32-year-old spent 14 years with Barcelona and left at the end of last season as the club\u2019s all-time scorer, with 233 goals, as well as 38 trophies in the bag\u2026 including a remarkable quadruple last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018La Reina\u2019 \u2013 the Queen \u2013 won the Spanish title ten times and the Champions League on four occasions and it is hoped her experience will help take the London City Lionesses to the next level, from mid-table last season, to the BWSL\u2019s top three, and Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to embark on this new chapter with London City Lionesses,\u201d she says. \u201cThe club&#8217;s ambition and its steadfast commitment to growing as a women-only independent club resonate deeply with me. look forward to making an impact on the pitch as we challenge for titles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putellas joins Mary Earps to head to the capital this summer in what is proving to be an exciting shakeup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"**Alexia Putellas ** Barcelona &gt; London City Lionesses London City Lionesses have arguably made one of the biggest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-791269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}