Lauren Hemp hails first £1m transfer fee as ‘proof women’s footballers are great’

Hemp pleased Arsenal poised to sign Smith for record feeWinger says England’s latest win showed team’s potentialThe England winger Lauren Hemp says the women’s game being on the verge of its first £1m transfer fee is good for the sport and “proof women’s footballers are great”.The Guardian revealed on Thursday that Liverpool had accepted a £1m offer from Arsenal for the Canada forward Olivia Smith, which would break the seven-figure barrier 46 years after the men’s game got its first £1m deal, when Nottingham Forest signed Trevor Francis from Birmingham City. Continue reading...

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