United States ladies’s nationwide workforce midfielder Lily Yohannes is finalizing a transfer to French powerhouse OL Lyonnes, a number of sources confirmed to ESPN.
Lyonnes, the eight-time champions of Europe, have agreed to phrases on a switch with Ajax for the 18-year-old American. Yohannes is anticipated to finalize private phrases with Lyonnes within the coming days.
A supply informed ESPN that the charge is round €450k, with Ajax additionally receiving a share in a future switch. Yohannes’ contract with Ajax ran via June 2026.
English champions Chelsea had been additionally within the operating to signal Yohannes, sources beforehand informed ESPN’s Emily Keogh.
Yohannes has eight caps for the USWNT. She scored 10 minutes into her debut in June 2024 as a 17-year-old.
In November, Yohannes declared her determination to signify the USA internationally. She beforehand had not determined amid curiosity from the Netherlands, the place she was reportedly within the technique of securing Dutch citizenship.
Yohannes was born in Virginia and her household moved to the Netherlands when she was 10. She signed knowledgeable contract with Ajax at age 15.
In 2023, when she was 16, Yohannes grew to become the youngest participant to ever begin a UEFA Ladies’s Champions League match when she began for Ajax in a 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain.
“She’s bought unbelievable maturity and coachability, and somebody who I do know goes to turn into an essential a part of our program,” USWNT head coach Emma Hayes informed reporters in Could.
“However I am invested in that improvement, and now we have to be affected person with that contemplating her tender age and her lack of worldwide and high-level expertise.”
Additionally on Tuesday, Canada defender Ashley Lawrence left Chelsea to affix OL Lyonnes after two years in west London.
Lawrence, 30, signed a three-year contract with the French powerhouse.
ESPN’s Emily Keogh contributed to this report.