Chelsea, San Diego Wave agree Naomi Girma world record transfer — report
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According to The Athletic, Chelsea FC Women have beaten out Olympique Lyonnais and agreed terms with the San Diego Wave for the transfer of USWNT star defender Naomi Girma, with Chelsea paying the NWSL side a fee of $1.1m.
Personal terms are not quite yet finalized with the 24-year-old, but are not expected to be a problem.
As per the report, Girma, who was the number one pick overall in the 2022 NWSL draft and has been named NWSL Defender of the Year in two of the three seasons since, will become the first professional player in women's football to earn a transfer fee of over $1 million!
But perhaps all we need to know is that she's the best defender ever seen by none other than Emma Hayes. (Chelsea Legend Hayes won Olympic Gold with the USWNT last summer.)
"Look, she's the best defender I've ever seen. I've never seen a player as good as her at the back. She's got everything, poise, composure, she can defend, she anticipates, she leads. [She's] unbelievable."
-Emma Hayes, August 2024; source: All For XI
A massive signing for Chelsea, to say the least! (Once officially official.)
