Yahoo Sports Ambitious Lionesses recruit Asllani and ex-PSG boss
Championship club London City Lionesses have secured two headline arrivals as they target promotion to the Women's Super League.
Lionesses, who finished eighth in the women's second tier last season, have named former Paris St-Germain boss Jocelyn Precheur as their new manager.
They also confirmed the signing of Sweden striker Kosovare Asllani, among a number of major announcements on Thursday.
Asllani, 34, was part of the Sweden side who finished third at the 2023 Women's World Cup and joins on a two-year deal.
The moves come after Lionesses were taken over by American businesswoman Michele Kang in December 2023.
The club have also bought their training ground, it was announced, and will play their games next season at 5,000-capacity Hayes Lane.
London City move to Hayes Lane, where they will groundshare with League Two club Bromley, from Princes Park in Dartford.
Kang, who also owns French giants Lyon Feminin and National Women's Soccer League side Washington Spirit in the United States, has ambitious plans for London City who are the only club in the Women's Championship not affiliated with a men's team.
They are also one of only two sides, along with Durham, not to be directly associated with a club in the men's Premier League or Football League.
Kang has said multi-club ownership is a "necessity" in women's football. While such networks, including City Football Group and the Red Bull stable of clubs, are more common in the men's game, there is no major group currently operating in the women's top level.
That is now changing with London City, under Kang, targeting promotion to the WSL for the first time.
London City finished just nine points above the Championship relegation zone last season.
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