Arsenal Sign Liverpools Olivia Smith in the world record transfer

Arsenal confirmed the signing of Canadian international Olivia Smith in a long -term contract. Sources informed ESPN that it was a world record fee and the first transmission of £ 1 million in women's football.

Sources have told ESPN that the 20-year-old's move to the winners of the Champions League-der is the global expectations of Liverpool higher than the latest record, Naomi Girmala to Chelsea for USD 1.1 million (£ 820k).

Sources said ESPN that Liverpool was firmly stuck and did not learn the young player. The requirements of Liverpools were rejected, with Chelsea, Ol Lyonnes and Arsenal rejected the bids before the North London Club met the high value.

“It is a privilege and an honor to sign for Arsenal,” Smith told Club Media. “It is my dream to fight the biggest titles here in England and in Europe, and I look forward to getting started and contributing to it with Arsenal.

“The atmosphere that the supporters create in the Emirates stage is unbelievable and I can hardly wait to have it behind me now.”

Smith came to Liverpool at the beginning of last season and ended her first campaign as the top scorer of the club with nine goals in 25 appearances in all competitions for the Merseyside club. She was also appointed her player of the season.

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Arsenal boss Renée Slegers added: “Olivia is an exciting young player and we believe that she can make a big contribution here at Arsenal. We were impressed by her mentality and character, which is excellent in two European leagues at such a young age. I know that she has a level of ambitions that fits our own, and we are happy to work with her.

Before Smith came to Liverpool, Smith spent a season in Portugal with Sporting CP and ended her debut campaign with 16 goals in 28 games before moving to women's Super League.

At the international level, Smith Kanada's youngest player became the youngest player when she won her first upper limit at the age of 15 in 2019. To date, she has achieved 18 appearances and scored four goals for Canada.

Arsenal was interested in using the Champions League win and wanted to expand their squad after the first person responsible for Slegers. A source added that the club also wanted to bring a young player to draw the overall profile of the squad.