Ipswich sign Juventus goalkeeper Proulx

WSL 2 club Ipswich Town sign Juventus goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx and former West Ham forward Princess Ademiluyi.

Lysianne Proulx
Lysianne Proulx has won three caps for Canada and was in their squad at the 2023 Women's World Cup [Getty Images]

Ipswich Town have completed a signing coup by bringing in goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx from Juventus on a deal to the end of the 2026-27 season.

They have also signed forward Princess Ademiluyi on loan from US side Gotham FC for the rest of the calendar year, taking their total of new recruits to nine.

Town are fighting to stay in WSL 2, having been promoted last season, but are three points adrift at the bottom of the table with nine games to play.

Canada international Proulx joined Juventus in 2024 and helped them win Serie A Femminile and the Coppa Italia.

"Everything happened really quickly and I'm excited for this new adventure and a new experience," the 26-year-old told the club website.

"This is a great opportunity for me and I've been told great things about the league. I have good reflexes, am good at one-v-one situations and like to play with my feet. I like to think of myself as an aggressive goalkeeper."

Ademiluyi played in the WSL for West Ham in 2023 and is an England Under-19 international.

She joined Gotham FC, who play in the National Women's Soccer League, last summer.

"She's a completely different profile of striker to what we already have and will allow us to add a new dimension to our game," said Town technical director Sean Burt.

"She'll bring a different type of threat in the final third, which gives us more variety in how we can attack."

Ipswich are away to next-to-bottom Portsmouth on Sunday.

Princess Ademiluyi
Princess Ademiluyi played for England at the European Under-19 Championship last summer [Getty Images]
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