チェルシーが米代表ギルマ獲得、移籍金は女子史上最高

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカーイングランド女子スーパーリーグのチェルシーは２６日、米国代表ＤＦのナオミ・ギルマを獲得したことを発表した。移籍金は９０万ポンド（約１億７５００万円）と、女子サッカー史上最高額と報じられている。（写真はイングランド女子スーパーリーグのチェルシーへの移籍が決まったサッカー米国女子代表のナオミ・ギルマ）
　２４歳のギルマは、米ナショナル・ウィメンズ・サッカーリーグ（ＮＷＳＬ）のサンディエゴ・ウェーブからの加入。移籍金は、昨年２月にＮＷＳＬのベイＦＣがレーチェル・クンダナンジ獲得に費やした６８万５０００ポンド（約１億３３００万円）を上回る女子選手の世界記録となった。
　本人は２６日のアーセナルとのホームゲームの前にピッチに登場し、あいさつを行った。
　ギルマは昨年のパリ五輪で金メダルを獲得した米国代表として全試合にフル出場し、２０２３年には米国サッカー連盟（ＵＳＳＦ）が選ぶ年間最優秀女子選手にも輝いた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/01/28-18:55）

Chelsea signed United States defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave on Sunday in a reported world-record deal for a female footballer.
Girma is believed to have cost Chelsea £900,000 ($1.1 million), surpassing the previous world record of £685,000 paid by Bay FC for Racheal Kundananji in February 2024.
The 24-year-old was unveiled on the pitch by the Women's Super League champions ahead of Sunday's game against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
I'm so happy and really excited to be here. It doesn't feel real, Girma told Chelsea's website.
There are a lot of things about Chelsea that made me want to come here, the culture, the winning mentality, staff and players. It's a top environment to learn and grow in.
Girma becomes Chelsea Women's boss Sonia Bompastor's first signing of the January transfer window.
She was targeted by Bompastor after Chelsea defender Kadeisha Buchanan suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury that could rule her out for the rest of the season.
The fee eclipses the previous British record set when Chelsea signed striker Mayra Ramirez from Levante for £384,000 a year ago.
Girma played every minute of the United States' victorious Olympic campaign in Paris last year and was also named US Soccer's female player of the year in 2023.
Chelsea head of women's football Paul Green said: Naomi is a world-class defender who is now coming into the prime years of her career.