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🚨 Transfer alert. 🚨⁣ ⁣ Chelsea have reached a verbal agreement with Angel City to sign USWNT star Alyssa Thompson, per The Athletic’s @davidornstein. 😳⁣ ⁣ Earlier this week news dropped that Chelsea were in advanced talks with Angel City over signing the 20-year-old, with the clubs attempting to complete a deal ahead of today’s WSL transfer window closing at 11pm BST. 📝⁣ ⁣ The 20-year-old has agreed to a five-year deal and will undergo a medical ahead of the move, with Chelsea paying just under £1 million ($1.3m). 💰⁣ ⁣ Thompson becomes the third Angel City player heading to the WSL this summer, following Alanna Kennedy and Katie Zelem. Angel City co-owner Alexis Ohanian also holds a minority stake in Chelsea. 💪⁣ ⁣ The former No. 1 pick in the 2023 NWSL draft, Thompson made history as the first high schooler drafted first overall. She has 16 league appearances and six goals this season, with 22 caps for the U.S. senior team since debuting at 17 in October 2022. 🇺🇲⁣ ⁣ This transf...

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