Chelsea Women have agreed to terms with the San Diego Wave for the transfer of U.S. women’s national team defender Naomi Girma for a record $1.1 million fee, according to sources briefed on the negotiations.

Naomi Girma's move to Chelsea marks the first ever million-dollar transfer fee in women's soccer. iThe Athletic's Meg Linehan explains what the move means.

Chelsea are closing in on the signing of San Diego Wave centre-back Naomi Girma for a world-record fee exceeding $1 million.

The deal would give Chelsea two of the very best center backs on the planet with Girma and Millie Bright, sending the USWNT back to the former home of her national team coach Emma Hayes.

Girma grew up in San Jose and attended Pioneer high school before becoming a standout at Stanford. She was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NWSL draft, and has won the league’s defender of the year award in each of her first two seasons.

San Diego Wave and American international center-back Naomi Girma agreed to move to English side Chelsea for a world-record women's transfer fee of $1.1 million, The Athletic's Meg Linehan reported Tuesday.

The exact fee the Women’s Super League side will pay San Diego Wave is understood to be $1.1 million (£890,000) – a record transfer for women’s football, surpassing the £685,000 Bay FC paid for Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji last year.

Chelsea Women have reportedly 'agreed to terms' to sign USWNT defender Namoi Girma from San Diego Wave. According to the Athletic, the London club will splash $1.1 million on the 24-year-old, making her the first player to ever be sold for $1 million or more in women's football.

Chelsea has stuck a deal to acquire San Diego Wave and U.S. defender Naomi Girma, a person with knowledge of the transfer agreement told AP.

Women's football is reaching new heights, and this winter transfer window is likely to continue to break records

In 1979, Trevor Francis became the first English footballer to command a £1 million transfer fee when he moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. 46 years later Naomi Girma is set to make the first million-dollar transfer in women’s soccer history.