Overview
- Brighton completed the signing of Lia Wälti from Juventus for an undisclosed fee, the club announced Saturday.
- Wälti spent seven influential years at Arsenal, making roughly 177–183 appearances and winning the WSL, two League Cups and the 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League.
- She left Arsenal for Juventus in 2025 on a reported two-year deal and spent one season in Italy, where she won the Serie A Women’s Cup and the Supercoppa Italiana.
- Wälti is Switzerland's long-serving captain with about 140 caps and is expected to provide senior leadership, a role Brighton coach Dario Vidosic highlighted when welcoming her.
- Brighton's fee for the transfer remains undisclosed even though earlier reporting put her 2025 move from Arsenal to Juventus at around €100,000 plus add-ons, and the signing is one of the club's summer moves that could shape other WSL transfers.