Canada forward Olivia Smith has become the most expensive player in women’s soccer history at a cost of one million pounds ($1.34 million) after Arsenal signed her from Liverpool.

Smith has joined the Champions League holders on a lucrative four-year contract. Smith, 20, transfer surpassed the previous women’s record set when Chelsea

Confidentiality was the modus operandi before Smith’s record-breaking £1million ($1.34m) transfer from Liverpool to Arsenal became official on Thursday.