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The 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.
