Angel City to become world’s most valuable women’s team with $250m sale

• Bob Iger and Willow Bay announce deal for NWSL club
• Club founded in 2020 by group including Natalie Portman

Angel City is set to become the world's most valuable professional women's sports team after finalising a landmark ownership agreement with Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife, Willow Bay, the club announced on Wednesday.

Iger and Bay will become the controlling owners of Angel City, which is based in Los Angeles, in a sale that will value the club at $250m. The figure shatters the $120m the Levine Leichtman family paid for the San Diego Wave in March, which was then a record-breaking price for a National Women's Soccer League team.