Lizbeth Ovalle is expected to join Orlando Pride with a record transfer fee of $1.5 million (£1.1 million), a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.
The agreement is expected to be completed by the National Women’s Football League transfer deadline on Monday. The person spoke on anonymous condition because the agreement has not been formally signed.
Transfer fees exceed US$1.3 million (£1 million) Arsenal brings Liverpool to Canadian striker Olivia Smith In last month’s British Women’s Premier League. This broke the previous record fee, with Chelsea paying the San Diego Waves for defender Naomi Girma in January.
Since joining the club in 2017, Ovalle is a 25-year-old winger Ovalle, bringing the La Liga MX women’s Tigres to six titles.
She also made 58 appearances for the Mexican national team with 20 goals. She turned her head in the United States last year and scored A good-positioned chip Put Mexico in a W cup.
Ovalle, nicknamed La Maga (Magic), has been a hit on social media this year with the so-called “Scorpion Kick” goal, facing the net in a tiger tail game against Guadalajara.
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