Fallout from Alessia Russo bid may shape Arsenal and United futures

In this week’s newsletter we look at Arsenal’s women’s world-record bid for the striker and what it means for the WSL title raceArsenal’s audacious late swoop to sign the Manchester United striker Alessia Russo set the already busy January transfer window alight.That the England forward is out of contract at the end of the season is likely to have prompted a belief in north London that a big-money bid could have persuaded United to let the player go now rather than on a f