Racing Louisville Splashes N69 Million On Super Falcons Uchenna Kanu

Racing Louisville Splashes N69 Million On Super Falcons Uchenna Kanu 

Alfred Kadiri

Racing Louisville FC has acquired Super Falcons forward Uchenna Kanu from Tigres in a record transfer between a National Women’s Soccer League club and a Liga MX club.

BSNSports.com.ng sourced from The Equalizer that Louisville will pay a $150,000 (about N69 million naira) fee to Tigres, with an additional $30,000 due to the five-time Liga MX champions if Kanu scores 12 or more goals this season. The move must be finalized before Mexico’s 6 p.m. ET Wednesday deadline. 

Kanu will sign a two-year contract plus a one-year option, sources tell The Equalizer.

The Nigerian joined Tigres in January 2022 and has scored 24 goals in 30 games across all competitions.

The two teams also worked out a deal to send Riley Parker to Tigres on loan, per multiple sources. Parker was a third-round pick out of Alabama in the 2023 NWSL Draft. Racing announced on Wednesday that they had signed her to a one-year deal. The loan to Tigres is expected to allow Parker to make significantly more than what she would be paid for a rookie NWSL contract, according to a source familiar with the situation.

In Louisville, Kanu will be the centrepiece of Racing’s attack. Louisville currently holds eight international spots for 2023 via various trades; Kanu will occupy the eighth. Kanu is expected to immediately apply for a green card, a league source confirmed. Louisville forward Nadia Nadim has already begun that process, and newly acquired Abby Erceg already has her green card. Satara Murray was born in the United States.