Chelsea have acquired USWNT Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee of $1.1 million. Girma becomes the first women\'s player with a transfer fee to exceed a million US dollars.
The fee comfortably surpasses the record, of about $860,000, paid by the American club Bay FC to sign the Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF in February 2024.
Girma has been with San Diego Wave since 2022 and was under contract with the NWSL side until 2026.