London City Lionesses have taken the summer transfer window by storm

Captain, Kosovare Asllani, says although a midtable finish would be ‘acceptable and maybe realistic’, she would not be happy for the team to be midtable at the end of the season. With the quality and experience they have brought in; we can expect them to be aiming to finish as high as possible.

Shirt numbers are now confirmed, so hurry and order your favourite new signing’s shirt now!

Wassa Sangare (will wear number 26)

Wassa Sangare has joined the squad on a season long loan from OL Lyonnes. The 19-year-old is a product of the OL Lyonnes academy and adds composure and natural ability as a result of her training with Europe’s most successful club.

Sangare was part of France’s 2023 UEFA Women’s U17 Championship winning team, after this she stepped up the U19s. In the U19 squad, Sangare has earned over 25 caps and contributed 4 goals, giving a glimpse into what she is capable of.

Alanna Kennedy (will wear number 33) & Katie Zelem (will wear number 21)

The duo were a double signing from Angel City FC in the NWSL.

Alanna Kennedy is back in the WSL after only six months away in the NWSL. Kennedy has previous WSL experience from her time with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City and that combined with NWSL and A-League experience, has taught her everything she knows when it comes to aerial ability and backline organisation. Kennedy has over 100 caps for Australia and has been part of three World Cup and Olympic Game squads.

Katie Zelem brings the leadership elements to the team after having captained Manchester United and leading them to win the FA Cup, her leadership qualities have earned her respect and success across club and country. Her ability to control the midfield has been shown greatly over the years, winning the Women’s Super League twice with Liverpool and being named part of the England squad for the 2023 World Cup.

Jana Fernandez (will wear number 2)

Jana Fernandez has joined the team from FC Barcelona, where she progressed through the youth levels from just 12 years old to make her first team debut at 16 years old. At 23 years old, she is a five-time Primera Division Champion, three-time Copa de la Reina Champion, four-time Supercopa de Espana Femenina Champion and three-time UEFA Women’s Champions League winner, all of which she achieved at FC Barcelona. Jana brings her technical ability and versatility to the team who will be making their Women’s Super League debut.

As well as club success, Fernandez has been successful on the international stage winning the U17’s World Cup and U17’s European Championships, as well as representing the Spanish senior team at the 2025 Women’s European Championships, where they finished runners up.

Paula Partido (will wear number 20)

Paula Partido has joined the club on a three-year deal from Real Madrid, where her senior career began. After appearing in the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stages with Real Madrid she was then loaned to Celtic, where she went on to make 23 appearances helping the club to win the SWPL1 title. Following her loan in Scotland, Partido moved back to Spain, but this time was loaned to Sevilla. Her experience comes from being a product of Madrid CFF and Real Madrid’s youth systems, allowing her to progress from Real Madrid B to the first team.

Partido has also represented Spain in the U17 and U20 age groups. Including being part of the side who won the 2022 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, alongside new teammate Jana Fernandez.

Elena Linari (will wear number 13)

Italy captain, Elena Linari, has completed a move from Roma to London City Lionesses.

Linari has over 100 caps for her country and most recently competed in the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championships; her performances out in Switzerland earned her a place in the Team of the Tournament.

Her club career has also been far from spectacular. Her professional career started out with Firenze, before moving on to Brescia and Fiorentina. The defender is a five-time Serie A title champion and has also won Coppa Italia six times.

Linari has spent the past four seasons with Roma, where she made over 50 appearances and helped to improve their defence. In her first season with the club, she helped them to win the Supercoppa Italiana, the first trophy the women’s team had ever won. Her footballing ability had her consistently named in the Serie A Women’s Team of the Year in 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23.

Nikita Parris (will wear number 17)

Nikita Parris has joined London City Lionesses from Brighton & Hove Albion on a two-year deal.

Parris has arrived in London after the success of her season with Brighton where she helped the Seagulls to finish 5^th in the WSL table, their highest ever finish. Parris has also played for fellow WSL clubs, Arsenal, Everton, Manchester City, Manchester United, and has earned herself a spot on the list of the WSLs all-time leading goal scorers, adding depth and experience to the frontline. As well as spending many years in the WSL, Parris has also played overseas with OL Lyonnes, here she was part of the team that won the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

Parris has also represented England on multiple occasions, earning herself over 70 caps. With the national team, she has won the 2022 UEFA Women’s Championship, 2019 SheBelieves Cup and the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup.  She also had the chance to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and played in all of Team GB’s tournament games.

Freya Godfrey (will wear number 14)

Freya Godfrey has signed a permanent contract with London City Lionesses after joining them on loan from Arsenal in January 2025. Godfrey made her way through the Arsenal academy from the age of 12, has represented England at all youth levels and has had successful loan spells at Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town as well as London City Lionesses.

Godfrey’s streak in a London City shirt has been so strong she picked up the Player of the Match twice against Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield United last season and has never lost a match wearing the shirt.

She links up well with Izzy Goodwin for both club and country, so could this power duo be just what London City were looking for?

Sophia Poor (will wear number 35)

Sophia Poor joined the Lionesses on loan from Aston Villa for the second half of last season before completing a permanent transfer this summer. Whilst she impressed manager Jocelyn Precheur last season, she will be joining up with Nottingham Forest for a season-long loan for the duration of the 2025/26 campaign.

Nottingham Forest were promoted to the Barclay’s WSL2 last season after going unbeaten in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier Division. She will be reunited with former London City Lionesses Georgia Brougham and Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah.

The loan move will give her more opportunities to play senior football to continue building on the progress she made in her first months with the club.

Elene Lete (will wear number 77)

For only 23 years old, Elene Lete has had an impressive career, and she joins the Lionesses from Real Sociedad on a two-year contract.

With Real Sociedad she established herself as one of the best goalkeepers in the league making 50 senior appearances. One of her key achievements is being awarded the Zamora Trophy in the 21/22 campaign. This trophy is named after Ricardo Zamora and is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ‘goals-to-game’ ratio in the top Spanish leagues, with her stat being 11 clean sheets and conceding only 0.6 goals per game. Her presence in goal helped her team to qualify - for the first time ever - for the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

Bringing Lete in shows the Lionesses ambitions to finish high on the table.  

Poppy Pattinson (will wear number 3)

Poppy Pattinson brings a huge amount of WSL experience to the Lionesses having previously played for Manchester City, Bristol City, Everton and more recently Brighton & Hove Albion.

Pattinson has also represented England through the U17, U19, U21 and U23 youth levels, but is yet to be called up to the senior team.

Teyah Goldie (will wear number 5)

Teyah Goldie has signed a permanent deal with the club after spending last season on loan with the Lionesses, helping them to Championship glory. During her loan, Teyah made 24 appearances and ended the season winning the Young Player of the Season award, as well as having the opportunity to feature against her then parent club, Arsenal, in a FA Cup game. The defender’s success with the Lionesses didn’t stop there, she also picked up two Player of the Match awards and was part of the starting 11 that secured promotion against Birmingham City on the final day of the season.

Goldie has also represented England through the U15, U19, and U23 age groups, and is the current captain of the U23’s.

Isa Kardinaal (will wear number 4)

Isa Kardinaal is an exciting young star in European football, and she has just made the switch from Amsterdam to London.

Her natural position is a central defender, but she is also able to play as a fullback, adding versatility to the defence when needed. Kardinaal came through the Ajax academy and made her senior debut at just 16 years old in November 2021. She has since made over 50 senior appearances in all competitions (KNVB Cup, Super Cup, UEFA Women’s Champions League and Eredivisie) and contributed to Ajax’s Eredivisie title win in the 2022/23 season.

Sanni Franssi (will wear number 15)

Sanni Franssi’s arrival was announced while she was out representing her country at the UEFA Women’s Euros in Switzerland this summer.

Franssi comes with the experience of playing in different leagues, and as a striker this is beneficial. Before arriving in London, the striker spent over five years at Real Sociedad scoring 35 goals in 135 appearances. She also spent two seasons with Fortuna Hjørring, where she left with an incredible 19 goals in 41 games, and at Juventus, 10 goals in 21 games, contributing to a Serie A title.  

She has also created herself an impressive international career with over 90 caps for Finland, including being part of both teams that headed to the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 and the UEFA Women’s Nations League 2025.

Danielle van de Donk (will wear number 10)

Danielle van de Donk has joined the Lionesses from sister club OL Lyonnes. The Dutch international joins the club having played at the highest level in the Netherlands, France and England.

Her career started in the Netherlands, she played for Willem II, VVV-Venlo and PSV before making her first move abroad to Sweden to join up with Göteborg. Only one season was spent in Sweden, she made 13 appearances and scored 4 goals here. She then moved to London for the first time to sign for Arsenal where she stayed for six years, helping the side to win the FA Cup in 2015/16, Women’s league cup in 2017/18 and the WSL title in 2018/19. As those six years came to an end, van de Donk made the move to the most successful European women’s football club, OL Lyonnes. She continued a successful run of seasons out in France, winning the Division 1 Feminine three times, domestic competitions and the UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2021/22.  After making 100+ appearances for OL Lyonnes, van de Donk chose to return to London to be part of the Lionesses historic debut season.

With the Dutch national team, van de Donk has earned 167 caps and was part of the winning squad for the 2017 Women’s Euros on home soil, as well as coming runners up in the 2019 FIFA World Cup.

Lucia Corrales (will wear number 7)

Lucia Corrales joins from FC Barcelona on a 4-year contract.

Corrales can be a big game player, given her experience of playing in the domestic leagues and UEFA Women’s Champions League while with FC Barcelona. She was one of the first female graduates of the La Misa academy and made her senior debut in the 2022/23 season. For the last season, Corrales spent it on loan with Sevilla FC, she made 28 appearances for them and contributed three assists from her position at left back.

Corrales has also had the opportunity to represent Spain, her contributions helping the U17 team to walk away with the 2022 Women’s World Cup trophy, the 2022 UEFA Women’s Championship silver medal and later the 2023 U19 UEFA Women’s Championship trophy, before finally making her senior debut against Belgium in March of this year.

Grace Geyoro (will wear number 88)

One of the most decorated midfielders, Grace Geyoro, has joined London City Lionesses, bringing her leadership and value experience to the club.

Geyoro was a product of the PSG academy and made her senior debut in 2014 at just 17 years old. It wasn’t until around six months later that she scored her first goals, where she scored a brace in a 3-0 victory against Soyaux, this game secured the club a spot in the 2018/19 UEFA Women’s Champions League. In September 2023, Geyoro signed a contract extension with the club until summer 2028.

Geyoro made over 175 appearances for PSG and captained the side to many domestic titles. Her success rate has earned her the respect to be named one of the best midfielders in Europe.

Her success doesn’t just stop at club football, with over 100 caps for France she has been key to the French’s success. Her biggest achievements include the 2012 U17 Women’s World Cup, 2016 U19 Women’s European Championship, 2016 U20 Women’s World Cup runner up and 2023/24 Women’s Nations League runner up.