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? Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter to get all the latest women's soccer news straight to your inbox every Tuesday: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/newsletters/full-time/ ------------ #nwsl #uswnt #wsl ------------ 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 Catch the full episodes of Full Time with Meg Linehan right here 🎙️👇 ➡️ https://apple.co/3RJUen2 ➡️ https://spoti.fi/3W25Q77 Thumbnail image credit: Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images Sidebar image credit: Chris Lee - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images ------------ Follow Meg across her socials 👇 🆇 https://bit.ly/4dJ2psA 📸 https://bit.ly/4clNO5B Follow Tamerra across her socials 👇 🆇 https://bit.ly/45JLsLo