Crystal Palace have signed Jamaica defender Allyson Swaby from Italian membership AC Milan for an undisclosed charge.
Swaby, 28, has performed top-flight soccer in america and Italy and has dedicated to a two-and-a-half-year take care of Palace.
Palace have additionally signed Chelsea defender Aniek Nouwen on mortgage for the rest of the season.
Defender Nouwen, 25, shall be having a look to go back to soccer with the Eagles after convalescing from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) harm which she sustained in past due 2023.
Swaby is the 3rd everlasting signing of the January window for Palace, following the arrivals of Canada ahead Clarissa Larisey and Finland midfielder Ria Oling.
Swaby’s sister, Chantelle, performs as a midfielder for fellow Girls’s Tremendous League facet Leicester Town.
Laura Kaminski, the Palace supervisor, described the Jamaican as an “superb” signing who would supply “enjoy, management and actual defensive high quality”.
The Eagles, who have been promoted as winners of the Championship ultimate season, are backside of the WSL and 4 issues adrift of protection.
Kaminski added of Swaby, who has featured for her nation at two Global Cups: “She’s performed on the best possible degree in each membership and global soccer, and we are excited to look the affect she’ll have right here at Palace.”
