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Franchise Notes: West Ham Vows Record Transfer Spending

Premier League side West Ham will give new Manager Manuel Pellegrini a larger budget this summer than the club has "spent in any window in the past," co-Owner David Gold said. The Chilean has targeted "four or five" players to help the club "avoid a repeat of last season's relegation struggle" (BBC, 5/23).

Swansea City is considering creating a technical director role "in a bid to improve recruitment following relegation from the Premier League." It is understood the potential new appointment would work alongside Chair Huw Jenkins and the managerial successor to Carlos Carvalhal. Several candidates are thought to have been identified as Swansea seeks a "fresh approach to transfer dealings" (BBC, 5/22).

Women's Super League champion Chelsea Ladies will rename themselves as Chelsea Football Club Women. The club said that the change underlines the "ever-growing status" of the women's game and is a move away from referring to the men's side as the "first" team. There are now "only nine" WSL teams with "ladies" in their name, of which five are in the top tier (BBC, 5/23).

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