On the morning of August 2, Beijing time, Louisville Athletic, the powerhouse of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), officially welcomed Chinese women's soccer star Wang Frost in a rights exchange deal. The deal saw Louisville Athletic pay $30,000 in league-allocated funds and a 4th round pick in the 2023 Major League Soccer draft, while the Lyon Monarchs of France completed the other part of the deal, with official announcements from both sides confirming the transfer move.
However, after the news of Wang Frost's transfer, Wang Frost herself kept silent, and her agency team only responded with "once there is new progress will be announced in time" to keep silent about the public speculation.
According to the US media, Louisville Athletics expects to sign Wang Frost, who is training with the national team in the US, within a week. Looking back at Wang Frost's plans for the future this year, she mentioned that July and August would be the right time for her to stay in the U.S., and this is the right time for her to do so, so it seems that all the coincidences are not coincidental.
It is reported that according to Major League Soccer's rules for attracting players, there is no transfer in the traditional sense, but rather, players are required to join through free agency after the draft. This means that Wang Frost must first become a free agent before joining Louisville Athletic, meaning that she needs to complete the termination of her contract with her original owner, Wuhan Women's Soccer. The statement that Louisville Athletics hopes to complete the signing this week seems to indicate that the Wuhan women's soccer team will not make things difficult for Wang Frost, and may even give her a gentle "help on the horse and then give her a ride".
On the other hand, there are claims that the recent fluctuations in the international situation have affected the process of Wang Frost joining the Major League Soccer team. However, according to the current development trend, as long as Wuhan Women's Soccer Team does not set up obstacles, it is only a matter of timing for Wang Frost to join Louisville Athletic.
