A record $15.6 million was spent on international women's transfers in 2024, according to a FIFA report , more than doubling the previous mark in 2023, and 2025 will break more records.
To start 2025, we had a world-record fee ($1.1m) as USWNT defender Naomi Girma moved to Chelsea in January, then it was broken in July as Arsenal paid $1.36m to sign Olivia Smith from Liverpool, then again when London City signed Grace Geyoro from Paris Saint-Germain for $1.9m.
Here are grades for all the major summer transfers in the European women's game, with each listed in order of date and then highest fee.
All fees are reported unless confirmed with an asterisk.
Sept. 4
Grace Geyoro
€1.65m (£1.4m, $1.9m)
PSG: C+
London City: A
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