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.

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

Arsenal have broken the women’s transfer record with the signing of Olivia Smith from Liverpool for a world record fee of £1 million.