{"id":157291,"date":"2025-07-17T07:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/arsenal-women-set-to-sign-liverpool-striker-olivia-smith-in-world-record-1m-deal-the-athletic-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T07:21:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:21:01","slug":"arsenal-women-set-to-sign-liverpool-striker-olivia-smith-in-world-record-1m-deal-the-athletic-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/arsenal-women-set-to-sign-liverpool-striker-olivia-smith-in-world-record-1m-deal-the-athletic-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Women set to sign Liverpool striker Olivia Smith in world-record \u00a31m deal – The Athletic – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Liverpool striker Olivia Smith is set to join Arsenal in a world-record \u00a31million deal.
All agreements are in place with the deal set to be announced within the next 24 hours.
The 20-year-old was Liverpool Women\u2019s top scorer last season with seven goals after joining from Sporting Lisbon in July 2024 for a club record fee of \u20ac250,000 (\u00a3212,000).
Arsenal\u2019s bid of \u00a31m ($1.36m) exceeds the previous record fee set by Chelsea when they signed USWNT defender Naomi Girma from the San Diego Wave for $1.1m in January.
Liverpool had finished fourth in the Women\u2019s Super League (WSL) and Matt Beard had been named manager of the year when she signed. They could not replicate this success last season as the side finished seventh and Beard was sacked in February.
\u201cEven back then (when I was a child), I swear, I wanted to win a Ballon d\u2019Or one day,\u201d she said to The Athletic<\/em> in November 2024 . \u201cI wanted to play in a World Cup, in an Olympics, to play for my national team.
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\u201cI could see myself meeting my idols and playing against them.\u201d
Her longstanding ambition complements her move to Arsenal, who claimed their second Champions League title last season with victory over eight-time champions OL Lyonnes in the semi-final and a 1-0 win over Barcelona in the Lisbon final.
Arsenal finished second in the WSL last season behind unbeaten Chelsea, and have been active in the transfer window this summer, making Chloe Kelly\u2019s loan deal permanent from Manchester City, while Smith\u2019s Liverpool teammate Taylor Hinds also joined Renee Slegers\u2019 side following the expiration of her contract in Merseyside.
In 2019 Smith became the youngest ever player to play for Canada, at 15 years old and 94 days, in a 4-0 loss to Brazil.
She has made 16 appearances for the nation\u2019s senior team, scoring three and assisting three, and was named Canada Soccer\u2019s Young Player of the Year in 2024.
(Photo: Jess Hornby\/Getty Images)<\/em>
Megan Feringa<\/a><\/strong> is The Athletic’s UK-based women’s football writer. Prior to joining The Athletic in 2024, Megan worked for The Daily Mirror with a focus on women\u2019s football, the Premier League and general sport. She is a graduate of Auburn University and Cardiff University. Follow her on X: @megan_feringa<\/span> Follow Megan on Twitter @megan_feringa<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Women's SoccerLiverpool striker Olivia Smith is set to join Arsenal in a world-record \u00a31million deal.All agreements are in place with the deal set to be announced within the next 24 hours.The 20-year-old was Liverpool Women\u2019s top scorer last season with seven goals after joining from Sporting Lisbon in July 2024 for a club record fee of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}