In recent years, there was plenty of speculation about which player — and which team — would break the $1million transfer threshold. Last week, U.S. women’s national team defender Naomi Girma joined Chelsea for a $1.1million fee, breaking that milestone barrier.

U.S. women's national team defender Naomi Girma became the most expensive transfer in women's soccer after penning a deal with English club Chelsea.

T he winter transfer window has been unexpectedly busy in the women's game, especially as a flurry of U.S. women's national team players swap the NWSL for teams in Europe. Naomi G

While Chelsea’s men’s team struggle to get a single signing over the line this January – and in fact have almost as much trouble in shifting some of the players who they’ve had up for sale

United States defender Naomi Girma has become women’s soccer’s first million-dollar player. Who else is on the list of most expensive transfers?

Chelsea have once again broken the women’s soccer transfer record, this time paying the first-ever seven-digit sum to sign defender Naomi Girma.

Chelsea's Naomi Girma has become the first $1m transfer in women's football, so here is the evolution of the transfer record from the past few decades.

Arsenal held out for 84 minutes but unbeaten Chelsea made it 11 wins from 12 games to take a nine-point lead in the WSL. Oh, and they just signed the world's best defender.

Chelsea have reportedly reached an £800,000 agreement to sign England midfielder Keira Walsh on the final day of the Women’s Super League transfer window.Earlier this month, the Blues paid a world

English clubs were once again the No. 1 spenders with US$1.88 billion spent on incoming transfers, while they also received US$1.34 billion for outgoing players. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Spurs have agreed to sign Manchester City youngster Daniel Batty, while Liverpool are still eyeing Rayan Cherki but could face strong competition. West Ham are busy in the final days of the window, with confidence over Evan Ferguson after a bid for Ricardo Pepi. Follow the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip below!