Shebahn Aherne is not a fan of free transfers in Women’s Super League, especially when it is to the benefit of bigger clubs.In fact, the talkSPORT host believes ‘it shouldn’t be happening’.Shaw will be a major name on the move this summerGettyA number of marquee WSL stars will be free agents this summer, including Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, Katie McCabe and Beth Mead, to name three.Multiple reports have linked Shaw with a move to Chelsea, where she would replace the outgoing Australian superstar Sam Kerr who, like the trio, is leaving at the end of her contract.Kerr has already been rumoured with a move to NWSL newbies Denver Summit, although she appeared to debunk those whispers when they first emerged.As for McCabe and Mead, they look set to re-unite at Manchester City.Aherne: Free transfers to top teams ‘shouldn’t be happening’Speaking on the Weekend Sports Breakfast, Aherne took aim at the current transfer system in place and called for clubs to work harder on recouping at least some funds rather than losing their stars for nothing.“One thing I will say on the model of women’s football just now is they’re letting themselves down, these clubs,” Aherne said.“If ‘Bunny’ Shaw leaves Man City, if Katie McCabe is leaving Arsenal, Beth Mead is leaving Arsenal, Viviana Miedema has just won the title with Man City. “These players are all leaving on a free and they ain’t going to bottom side to try and just keep playing and getting some minutes. They will strengthen a rival. So they have to get that right. “Just try and get 100 grand, try and get something, keep it ticking over, focus on that model. These players will leave for rivals for free and it shouldn’t be happening. It just shouldn’t be. “And also I think the amount of players we’ve seen sit down to do their goodbye videos in floods of tears, floods of tears. They’re obviously not getting that communication that they should have from the clubs that they’ve been so loyal to.McCabe brought the curtain down on her 11-year Arsenal careerGetty“I think that the women’s game can let itself down sometimes at stages like that.”Show me the moneyWSL clubs have not been afraid to splash the cash in the past.Chelsea forked out an estimated $1.1million (£881,000) to sign United States international Naomi Girma in January 2025.The defender was signed from NWSL outfit San Diego Wave, with the fee making her the first women’s footballer to have signed for a fee in excess of $1m.It was soon Arsenal’s turn to break the bank as they signed Canadian winger Olivia Smith from Liverpool for £1m last July.The seven-figure fee meant Smith became the most expensive female footballer, surpassing Girma.