Lundgaard swaps Liverpool for Frankfurt

What Liverpool lose

Lundgaard was the kind of midfielder who did a lot of the work that doesn't always make the highlight reel — pressing, recycling, keeping things ticking in the middle of the park. Losing her permanently means Liverpool need cover in that engine-room area, particularly as the WSL gets more competitive heading into the new season.

What Frankfurt are getting

Eintracht Frankfurt are bringing in a player with top-flight experience in one of Europe's most-watched women's leagues. The Frauen-Bundesliga has been growing its profile steadily, and Frankfurt — a club with genuine European ambitions on the women's side — will see Lundgaard as someone who can add composure and work rate to their midfield. She arrives knowing what it takes to compete at a high level week in, week out.

The bigger picture

Cross-border permanent transfers in women's football are still more of an event than they should be — Liverpool let her go, Frankfurt moved fast. The fee stays private, as is increasingly common in the women's game, but the move itself is straightforward: a player who wanted a new challenge, a club that wanted her.

She didn't need a loan spell to test the water. Frankfurt wanted her outright.