WSL transfer deadline day: Will Keira Walsh move? Emma Sanders answers your questions
Beth: What’s the latest on Keira Walsh?
Emma: Keira Walsh has a year remaining on her contract at Barcelona and has already informed the club she does not intend to extend because she is keen to return home for personal reasons.
That means Barca will either lose her on a free in 12 months’ time or they could cash in on her this summer with several clubs interested.
Arsenal have a longstanding interest, while Chelsea are in the market for a midfielder and would have the funds.
The problem is that Barcelona do not want to sell. They are not prepared to name a price – though there’s a general consensus that it would have to be a world-record fee should they consider any offer. We’re at a bit of a stand-off, basically.
It was a Spanish bank holiday on Wednesday and Barca have a league game against Real Socieded at 19:00 BST on Friday evening, a few hours before the WSL transfer deadline – so the window for any business is small!
We will have to wait and see.
