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.

Keira Walsh is set to join Chelsea after the Women's Super League side agreed a deal with Barcelona for the England star, sources have told ESPN.

According to multiple reports, including from The Telegraph, Chelsea are “close” and “in line” to finalize the transfer of midfielder Keira Walsh from Barcelona, with the 27-year-old England international booked for her medical in London today.

Chelsea have reportedly reached an 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 record sum of £900,