DONE DEAL: Celin Bizet sold to Manchester United Women for £60k

There’s more transfer news emerging for Tottenham Hotspur Women, but it’s not the news you were probably hoping to read. According to the club socials, Tottenham have agreed to sell Norwegian international winger Celin Bizet Ildesøy to Manchester United.

Ugh.

So, Bizet had one year left on her initial deal at Tottenham, which she signed in 2022. United have agreed a £60k fee for Bizet, which feels like a pittance but keep in mind the WSL transfer record is the £250k Spurs spent for Beth England a couple seasons ago, so £60k feels like a bang average fee for a talented young player.

It still sucks. With one year left on her deal, Bizet I guess wanted to upgrade clubs. United manager Marc Skinner apparently called her a “young and hungry player” which considering the controversy that has surrounded Skinner in the past feels like kind of a weird and creepy thing to say.

But whatever. According to fellow Carty Free writer Abbie Rose, considering Spurs signed Hayley Raso from Real Madrid a few days ago on a free transfer, so you can squint and suggest that turning Celin Bizet into Raso + £60k is a win, so long as Spurs actually reinvest that cash into a quality new signing before the window closes.

I’m still bummed. Not only because I no longer get to make “Carmen You Spurs” opera jokes anymore, but also Bizet was a player who was just starting to round into form under Robert Vilahamn last season, and I think she could’ve been a plus asset. I also am not certain how Celin fits into that United side next season, but I guess that’s a problem for Skinner and not for Spurs anymore, huh?

Tottenham have let a lot of players go this offseason and haven’t really fully addressed the incomings. Let’s cross all our fingers and hope that there’s some quality talent walking through the door in short order or I’m going to start getting irritated.