• San Diego player agrees personal terms with WSL club
  • Fee tops previous record of $860,000 for Kundananji

The United States defender Naomi Girma is set to have a medical at Chelsea later this week after agreeing personal terms to transfer to the English club from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee. Chelsea will pay San Diego Wave $1.1m (?890,000), making the deal the first women?s football transfer fee to exceed a million US dollars.
The Guardian understands that Chelsea have agreed a long-term contract with Girma and she is now set to travel to London for a medical with Sonia Bompastor?s side, who are seven points clear at the top of the Women?s Super League table at the halfway stage in the season.
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