Olivia Smith: Arsenal signs Liverpool striker for world-record women’s fee | Football News

Arsenal completed the signing of the Canadian star from Liverpool for a record transfer fee for a women’s footballer.

Canada forward Olivia Smith has signed for Arsenal in a world record fee believed to be $1.34m.

Arsenal signed Smith from Liverpool on Thursday to make the 20-year-old, who made her international debut at 15, the first million-pound women’s footballer.

That fee would surpass the $1.1m Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave in January, which set a new…