Alexia Putellas explains her decision to sign with London City Lionesses and leave Barcelona

Putellas agreed to a three-year deal with Michelle Kang’s U.K. club, the first team in the league to be independent of a men’s club.

The W Hotel in Manhattan was abuzz Wednesday morning as a group of journalists and sports professionals awaited the answer to one of the biggest questions in women’s soccer: Where would Alexia Putellas go after 14 years in Barcelona?

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