Olivia Smith became the most expensive player in women's soccer history Thursday when she joined Arsenal from Liverpool for a world record transfer fee of 1 million pounds ($1.34 million). The new benchmark in women’s soccer surpasses the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid for Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave in January.

Confidentiality was the modus operandi when it came to the Canadian forward’s move, with Smith’s record-breaking £1.1million ($1.34m) transfer from Liverpool to Arsenal becoming official on Thursday.

Arsenal have completed the signing of Olivia Smith from Liverpool, breaking the women’s transfer record in the process. It emerged earlier this month that 20-year-old Smith was joining Arsenal in a blockbuster deal which is reported to have set the team back a huge £1 million ($1.