European champions Arsenal shattered the women’s transfer record by signing Canadian forward Olivia Smith from Liverpool, for a fee of one million pounds, making the 20-year-old the first female player to break the seven-figure barrier.

Arsenal’s blockbuster move eclipses the previous record set by American defender Naomi Girma’s 900,000-pound transfer from San Diego Wave to Chelsea in January, although the 25-year-old had already broken the one million dollar mark.

The first player in men’s football to command a million-pound price tag was former England forward Trevor Francis when he moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest in 1979.

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