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The Barclays Women’s Super League cohort of teams have spent no time at all reinforcing their sides, with ten players already signed in the first three days since the window opened on January second.
Here is your rundown of all the new faces in the league so far.
Starting with Arsenal, they have chosen to start their January rebuild by signing nineteen-year-old Swedish right back Smilla Holmberg. The teenager joins them on a long-term contract from current Damallsvenskan champions BK Häcken. During the 2025 season, Holmberg racked up an impressive six goals and four assists whilst featuring in all twenty-six league games.
Moving onto Liverpool, who currently sit in the relegation zone, they have started by bringing in Swedish right back Alice Bergström, a league winner from BK Häcken who, at just twenty-two years old, has already racked up an impressive one hundred and forty nine senior club appearances for four different clubs across Sweden. Last season she featured in twenty-five games for the Champions, managing an impressive eleven G/A in all competitions from right back, a strong addition to a struggling Liverpool side.
On the red side of Manchester, they have moved quickly, with both their newest additions being confirmed in late December. In their attacking department, they have a significant boost in signing Lea Schüller. The 28-year-old joins from current Frauen-Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich Having featured in sixteen games in all competitions, she’s netted a tidy eight goals and four assists already this season, and the Red Devils will be hoping this form continues as they continue to battle for a top three spot in the league come the end of the season.
Further to this, they have bolstered their defence by acquiring the services of twenty-three year old Swedish international Hanna Lundkvist following her departure from San Diego Wave earlier in December.
In the Leicester camp, they have strengthened in the defensive department by confirming the signing of twenty-nine-year-old Emma Jansson from FC Rosengård in the Damallsvenskan. During the 2025 season, she made twenty-four appearances, scoring four goals and notching two assists in a season which saw Rosengård stay up on the final day of the season.
And finally, the last team heavily involved in the transfer market so far is Tottenham Hotspur, who have completed the signings of five new players. The first signing they confirmed was young Norwegian talent Signe Gaupset, who excelled this season for SK Brann, as in twenty-six games she scored an astonishing fifteen goals and accumulated fourteen assists, making her one of the most sought-after talents going into January, and Spurs were the winners of her signature.
Adding to their already impressive defence this season, they have secured both Hannah Wijk and Julie Blakstad from BK Häcken and Hammarby, respectively. Wijk secured one assist last season and was part of the title-winning BK Häcken side, and Blakstad, who featured for a significant chunk of the season at left back last season, recorded an immense fifteen goals and six assists in twenty-six games, earning her Hammarby’s player of the season award.
Back in the attacking department, Spurs have acquired yet another Swedish champion in attacking midfielder Matilda Nildén, who in twenty-five league games secured one goal and five assists; however, in this transfer to Tottenham, she joins her older sister Amanda, who joined the club in June of 2024.
Finally, in a cross-London move, WSL champion Maika Hamano joins Spurs on a loan deal lasting until the end of the season, having only featured for the Blues four times so far.
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