Sweden’s Zigiotti Olme Is Manchester United’s First Signing Of The Summer

Manchester United person completed their first signing of this summer’s Women’s Super League transportation window, bolstering their midfield pinch nan summation of nan Sweden world Julia Zigiotti Olme from nan German champions Bayern Munich.

The protect midfielder was 1 of Sweden’s apical performers astatine Euro 2025, starting 3 of 4 matches, including their quarter-final against England, wherever she was 1 of only 2 of Sweden’s 7 takers to successfully person her punishment successful nan melodramatic shootout.

She was targeted by Manchester United because of her activity complaint successful midfield, her positioning and acquisition of winning trophies, including helping Bayern Munich to a convention and cup double past season. The 27-year-old spent 1 play pinch nan Frauen Bundesliga broadside aft playing for Brighton for 2 campaigns successful England. She is besides a erstwhile title-winner successful Sweden pinch Häcken.

Her presence will springiness Marc Skinner’s squad further options successful cardinal midfield and, pinch Zigiotti Olme predominantly playing arsenic a deeper lying, protect midfielder, could let Dominique Janssen to beryllium deployed arsenic a cardinal defender instead. Janssen demonstrated nan versatility to play successful either defence aliases midfield past season. It could besides springiness nan broadside much tactical options for different formations and will undoubtedly boost their spot successful extent to compete successful nan Women’s Champions League arsenic good arsenic domestically.

Discussing nan presence of Zigiotti Olme, who has signed a two-year contract, pinch nan action of a further year, Matt Johnson, Manchester United’s head of women’s football, told nan club’s media channels: “Julia is 1 of Europe’s champion protect midfielders who brings a winning mentality and acquisition of competing successful nan apical competitions.

“On nan transportation she has an insatiable activity rate, expertise to triumph possession backmost for her squad and imaginative passing range. This is simply a subordinate nan fans will bask watching this season.”

Julia Zigiotti Olme did good for Sweden against England successful nan Euro 2025 quarter-final, and was 1 of their 2 successful punishment takers. Photograph: Michael Zemanek/Shutterstock

While she is nan club’s first summertime acquisition, she is improbable to beryllium nan last. It is understood nan nine could besides beryllium seeking to motion a forward, pursuing Geyse’s indebtedness move to Gotham FC successful March for nan remainder of nan NWSL season, arsenic good arsenic being expected to beryllium successful nan marketplace for a right-sided defender, pursuing Aoife Mannion’s summertime move to WSL 2 broadside Newcastle United.

New contracts person already been agreed pinch nan goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, nan cardinal defender Millie Turner and seasoned striker Rachel Williams, but it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot nan nine motion different goalscorer earlier their Champions League qualifying run gets nether measurement against PSV Eindhoven connected 27 August.