Overview
- Alexia announced on Tuesday that she will not renew her contract and will leave FC Barcelona at the end of the season.
- Barcelona held a formal farewell on May 27 at the Spotify Camp Nou and the Johan Cruyff Stadium where club presidents presented her with a commemorative plaque and a display of her trophies.
- She departs having played more than 500 games for the club, scored about 232 goals and won 38 titles, including four Women’s Champions League trophies and two Ballons d’Or.
- Reports say Putellas sought a longer, higher-value contract than the short optional extension Barcelona offered, and multiple outlets have linked her to a free transfer to Michele Kang’s London City Lionesses though that move has not been officially confirmed.
- Her exit caps a defining era that helped professionalise Barça’s women’s side and raises immediate questions about how her departure will reshape Barcelona’s midfield and raise the profile and ambitions of the London City project.