Women’s Barcelona continues to strengthen. The Barcelona club announced this Tuesday the signing of the young Dutch midfielder Esmee Brugts, who signs for four seasons, until June 30, 2027, with the Barcelona club.
The 20-year-old footballer is an absolute international with the Netherlands team with which she has shone at this World Cup. She was one of the sensations, starting five games and scoring two goals for the Dutch team. She now comes free to the Blaugrana team after finishing her contract with PSV Eindhoven, which she arrived at when she was 17 years old, playing 23 official matches.
One of them against Barça in the Champions League that resulted in a 4-1 victory for the blaugrana in both games. Last year he scored 10 goals in 21 games.
The versatile footballer who plays on the left flank thus becomes the second reinforcement of the Barça first team after the incorporation of the right-back Ona Batlle, one of the essential pieces also of the Spanish team that won the World Cup on Sunday.
Brugts, who played 15 league games last year, in which he scored 8 goals and positioned himself as one of the emerging talents of continental football, assured in statements to the club’s media that his move to FC Barcelona is ” a dream come true because it is the best club in the world. I am very impressed by the way they play”, explained the young footballer, who described what Barça has won in recent seasons as “madness”.
