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Every football playing child grows up with heroes and a club they love above all others. They ask for that team’s shirt every birthday and dream of one day wearing it themselves with their own name on the back. For these players, that dream became reality.

With much of the sporting world focused on the ongoing Men's World Cup, plenty is happening in women’s football too. Europe has confirmed more of its direct qualifiers for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil, while the transfer market is beginning to gather momentum as clubs prepare for another busy summer.

Salaries in women’s football remain one of the sport’s most talked-about topics. They are a measure of how far the game has come. In some leagues, players still need a second job to make ends meet. In others, new financial records are being set.

England is the pioneer of women’s football and sets an example in many areas. It is where investment continues to grow, and the Women’s Super League is often presented as proof of how far the women’s game can progress. Yet even in the country of the reigning two-time European champions, not everything is perfect as the recent case involving third-tier side Plymouth Argyle Women highlighted.

Women's Super League has been rocked by what may be the most controversial transfer in modern women’s football history. And the transfer window does not even open yet until 18 June. At the same time, club football has taken a back seat to the international game, with European nations battling for places at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027. Germany have already secured direct qualification, while England suffered their heaviest defeat under Sarina Wiegman. So, what else happened in women’s football this week?

In January 2028, the FIFA Women’s Club World Cup will take place, marking a historic milestone for the women’s game. The tournament will feature 16 clubs from across FIFA’s confederations. The host nation has yet to be announced, but Qatar has already expressed interest in hosting the competition. The proposal has drawn attention given that Qatar’s women’s national team is currently unranked by FIFA, has not played an official international match in more than a decade, and operates within a political and social environment that many argue conflicts with the values of inclusion and equality that women’s football seeks to promote.

This may well have been the craziest week in women’s football history. And the transfer window hasn’t even opened. The headline story, of course, was Alexia Putellas’ departure from Barcelona. But La Reina won’t be the only star leaving the Catalan club this summer. Mapi León and Ona Batlle are both reportedly on their way to London, signalling the end of an era at Barça Femení. But there are another stories to tell In Austria, Austria Vienna ended St. Pölten’s domestic reign, while significant developments across Europe continued to shake up the women’s game.

Although one of Germany’s biggest football institutions, Borussia Dortmund, long remained one of the few major clubs without a women’s side in the top division. And while the club is still playing in the third league, its plans and ambitions are already impossible to ignore.