What Naomi Girma's Record-Breaking $1m Chelsea Transfer Means For Women's Soccer | Full Time Podcast

Welcome to Full Time with Meg Linehan, a show about women's soccer.

In this emergency podcast episode, Meg and Tamerra break down everything you need to know about Naomi Girma's $1.1m transfer to Chelsea from the San Diego Wave. Jessy Parker Humpreys reports live from Stamford Bridge, and football business writer Matt Slater weighs in on what this means for women's football. Meg and Tamerra also answer listener questions, including: why did Chelsea need the star defender so badly? Where does the transfer fee money go? And what does Emma Hayes think about this transfer?

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00:00 - 01:34 Intro
1:34 - 04:03 Jessy Parker Humphreys dispatch
04:03 - 06:29 Timing of the announcement
06:29 - 14:44 Matt Slater joins
14:44 - 33:44 Timeline of events
33:44 - 49:41 Listener mailbag and ending

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