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Zambian ahead Racheal Kundananji is formally the world’s costliest participant after National Women’s Soccer League enlargement crew Bay FC paid a €735,000 switch payment (about $788,000 utilizing Tuesday’s conversion charge) — plus the potential for $75,000 extra in efficiency add-ons — to Spain’s Madrid CFF, a number of sources confirmed to The Equalizer. The payment smashed a report set only some weeks in the past when Chelsea paid Levante €450,000 with €50,000 in doable add-ons for Colombian ahead Mayra Ramirez.

The payment greater than doubles the earlier NWSL switch report. Kundananji might be among the many highest-paid gamers within the NWSL, too. She signed a four-year contract that features an choice for a fifth 12 months and is price over $2 million cumulative — $2.5 million complete valuation over the 5 years factoring every thing like paid housing (which impacts the wage cap), a number of sources confirmed.

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