Arsenal complete world-record £1m Olivia Smith signing from Liverpool

Canadian describes move to Arsenal as ‘an honour’

Olivia Smith playing for Liverpool (Photo by Jess Hornby/Getty Images)

The first £1m transfer in women’s football has been completed after the Canada forward Olivia Smith concluded her record-breaking move from Liverpool to Arsenal.

The 20-year-old has signed a four-year contract with the European champions and, although the fee is officially undisclosed, ­multiple sources say it is the game’s first to reach the £1m mark, as revealed by the Guardian a week ago, in a historic moment for the sport. The previous highest was the $1.1m (£890,000) paid by Chelsea for the US centre-back Naomi Girma in January.