{"id":552214,"date":"2026-07-21T11:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552214\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:51:26","slug":"spurs-break-their-womens-transfer-record-to-sign-alice-sombath-from-lyonnes-tottenham-hotspur-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/552214\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs break their women\u2019s transfer record to sign Alice Sombath from Lyonnes | Tottenham Hotspur Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham have signed the France defender Alice Sombath from Lyonnes for a club record fee. The price paid for the 22-year-old has not been disclosed but the previous club record, paid for Signe Gaupset in January, was reportedly more than \u00a3375,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe league is very competitive, every game is a tough game and that\u2019s what I\u2019m most excited about,\u201d said Sombath. \u201cI saw that Spurs had a very good season last year. My qualities can bring something to the team, even though I know they already have a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sombath spent six years at Lyonnes, the eight-time European champions, joining the club after she was signed from Paris Saint-Germain in 2020.<\/p>\n

She won the Champions League in her second season, featuring twice and being on the bench in the final, and won five league titles and two Coupe de France titles.<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s head coach, Martin Ho, said the defender \u201cfits the profile of what we\u2019re building\u201d. She has already shown real maturity in her performances and we believe she has all the qualities to continue developing into a top player within our environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice is an aggressive defender who is comfortable in possession, competitive in her duels and has the ambition to keep improving every day. Those characteristics are really important to us and we\u2019re excited to help her take the next step in her career while strengthening the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sombath is Spurs\u2019s sixth signing of the summer, after Shekiera Martinez, Kirsty Hanson, Victoria Pelova, Caitlin Dijkstra and Selma Panengstuen.<\/p>\n

The club are delighted to have got these deals done early, allowing for a full pre-season, and that Sombath\u2019s recruitment means they have secured the services of their six priority targets.<\/p>\n

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Tottenham finished fifth in the WSL last season after a disappointing 11th the preceding season. They were four points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, but 19 behind the league winners, Manchester City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham have signed the France defender Alice Sombath from Lyonnes for a club record fee. The price paid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-552214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}