The expected record -breaking transfer of Olivia Smith is proof that female players are great, says Lauren Hemp

Lauren Hemp, Vooruit in England, has praised the expected record differences in a million pounds (USD 1.35 million) transfer of Olivia Smith, and said it emphasizes the growth of the women’s game.

Arsenal has offered that offer for Liverpool striker Olivia Smith, according to the British media, who would make the 20-year-old Canadian the first woman to reach the seven-digit barrier.

It would be the 900,000 pound reimbursement that Chelsea paid to sign Naomi Girma of the San Diego Golf in January.

«It is the direction in which the women’s game goes in, and it’s great to see,» said Hemp from the Baset Camp of England at Euro 2025.

«It is proof that women’s football players are great, and that is the way the game goes, that can continue for as long,» she added.

European Champion England can achieve its place in the quarterfinals with a victory over Debutant Wales on Sunday.

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Although HEMP said that the enormous compensation was worth cheering, the mileage of the men’s football record remains of 200 million pounds for the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017.

While professionalism in women’s football is on the rise and the fan base of the game continues to grow – the European championship that runs up to and including 27 July, Record Mix – FIFA recently reported a broad discrepancy in wages, contracts and presence in women’s football worldwide.

The average annual salary for a female professional football player worldwide is only USD 10,900, FIFA said in March in his annual report on the women’s game, a figure skewed by a small number of top clubs.

Under the FIFA teams designated as Tier 1 in its report, the average salary around the USD 24.030, although 16 of those top clubs paid an average gross salary of more than USD 50,000, with the highest of those salaries about USD 120,000.