Very interesting that the new world record fee in the women's game will be for a defender. That hasn't been the case in the men's game since Sunderland paid £5,500 to South Shields for Warneford Cresswell in 1922. Here's why it makes more sense in women's football.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6083666/2025/01/24/naomi-girma-1-million-chelsea-transfer/