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Elizabeth Botcherby
BBC Sport

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In December 2023, London City Lionesses were bought by Michele Kang, an American businesswoman with a history of heavy investment in women’s sport – including ownership of the highly successful Lyon women’s team.

Kang’s influence has been eye-catching, recruiting manager Jocelyn Precheur, who led PSG to the last four of the 2023-24 Women’s Champions League, and bringing in more than a dozen new players throughout this season.

The headline additions included veteran Sweden internationals Sofia Jakobsson and Kosovare Asllani, who won the WSL with Manchester City, and five-time Women’s Champions League winner Saki Kumagai.

Off the field, Kang has relocated the club to Bromley and purchased the 28-acre Cobdown Park in Aylesford, Kent, with the ambition of constructing a centre of excellence for women’s and girls’ football.

“What she’s doing is amazing and I hope it will inspire other clubs or other rich people to invest in women’s football,” Precheur told BBC Sport.

“We’ve heard many times in the past, people who arrive [and say] we want to be promoted and play in the Champions League. Look at the men’s side, so many examples and so many failures.

“You cannot realise how different it is if you haven’t spoken with Michele. She knows what she wants and when she says something, she does it.”