Manchester United Set to Secure Germany Striker Lea Schüller away from the Bavarian Giants

The Women's Super League club are finalising completing the signing for prolific German striker Lea Schüller on a permanent transfer away from the Frauen-Bundesliga champions.

A Marquee Signing for the WSL Side

The forward, with half a year left on her deal, has been a prolific goal-getter for her club and the national team. Having netted over 100 goals for Bayern and found the net 54 times in 82 caps for Germany. Her arrival will be seen as a marquee signing for the WSL team.

Her exit from Munich has been anticipated after she appeared to be fighting back tears while applauding the club's supporters after a victory over Bayer Leverkusen recently.

Reports in late December that the German women's top flight was set to lose one of its top forwards. Per reports, all the paperwork for the transfer have now been completed.

Reliable Goalscoring to Strengthen the Attack

The 28-year-old’s signing should represent a significant uplift to the team's forward line. She has been remarkably consistent with her finishing in Germany’s top flight.

• For seven consecutive seasons, including the most recent campaign, she reached at least a double-figures tally of league goals.
• She claimed the top scorer award in 2021-22 season with a haul of 16 goals.

Gathering Steam at Carrington

Securing the German international coincides with a period when the club appear to be gathering positive momentum.

Recent on-pitch successes feature qualifying for the European knockout phase playoffs as a seeded team and a victory in the Conti Cup quarter-finals.

In the transfer market, the mid-season window has brought additional business:

1. The acquisition of Sweden defender Hanna Lundkvist on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
2. The contract extension for Japanese midfielder Hinata Miyazawa, a popular figure since arriving in 2023.

On the midfielder's extension, a senior figure stated: “She has become a critical part to the way we play. Her understanding of the game and skill enables her and the team to dominate play from the middle of the park.”

The new defender, having arrived from a club in the American league, added: “You can feel how much the club have grown in the last few years, playing in one of the strongest leagues in the world and performing in the top European competition.”