Barcelona are close to signing Brazilian forward Kerolin from Manchester City for a fee of €1.5m (£1.28m). <p>The deal would represent the largest fee ever received by a WSL club, eclipsing <strong>Olivia Smith's</strong> £1m move to <strong>Arsenal</strong> from <strong>Liverpool</strong> last summer.</p><p>Kerolin only joined City in January last year and had another two years left on her contract, but Barca are sufficiently determined to sign her to smash their own transfer record by more than 200 per cent.</p><ul><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/TransfersSkySportsApp" target="_blank"><strong>Transfer Centre LIVE!</strong></a> <strong>| <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/36996/13208899/wsl-news-transfers-rumours-gossip-and-womens-football-latest">WSL latest news and transfers</a></strong></li><li><strong>Got Sky? <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchPremarticles" target="_blank">Watch WSL games LIVE on your phone</a></strong><strong>📱</strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract on NOW</a></strong><strong>📺</strong></li></ul><p>Their previous most expensive transfer was then-Man City midfielder <strong>Keira Walsh</strong>, who joined in 2022 for a fee of €470,000 (£400,000).</p><p>The Spanish champions have already lost forward <strong>Salma Paralluelo</strong> this summer.</p><p>Kerolin scored nine goals in 15 WSL games for City last season to help them to their first WSL title since 2016.</p><p><em>More to follow.</em></p>
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