Barcelona signs Kerolin from Manchester City for record £1.25m fee
The Guardian Sport • 1 min read • Latest: Aug 4, 2026, 6:57 PM
Last updated Aug 4, 2026
Barcelona has secured the services of Brazil forward Kerolin from Manchester City for a fee reported to be around £1.25 million. This transfer marks the highest amount received for a sale by a Women’s Super League club, surpassing previous records set by Olivia Smith’s £1 million transfer to Arsenal and Melvine Malard’s £850,000 move to Chelsea. The deal also represents a club record for Barcelona. The move strengthens Barcelona's squad ahead of the upcoming season.
- •Barcelona signed Kerolin from Manchester City on August 4, 2026.
- •The transfer fee is reported at £1.25 million.
- •This is the largest sale fee in Women’s Super League history.
- •Kerolin's transfer eclipses previous records held by Olivia Smith and Melvine Malard.
- •The deal marks a club-record for Barcelona.
- 6:57 PMThe Guardian Sport — Barcelona sign Brazil forward Kerolin from Manchester City for club-record £1.25m
"Transfer fee largest sum received for a sale by WSL side Signing eclipses Olivia Smith’s £1m move to Arsenal Barcelona have signed the Brazil forward Kerolin from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee that sources say is in the region of £1.25m, which would represent the largest sum received for a sale by a Women’s Super League side. The deal is also a club-record for Barcelona, and in terms of a fee received by an English club it eclipses the £1m that Liverpool received for the sale of Olivia Smith in Arsenal in 2025 and Melvine Malard’s more recent £850,000 switch from Manchester United to Chelsea. Continue reading...
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