Beth England's move across London from Chelsea to Tottenham is widely expected to produce a domestic-record transfer fee between two Women's Super League clubs.
A final cost of around £250,000 is forecast, breaking the previous record set by Lauren James when she joined the Blues from Manchester United before last season. That deal came in at £200,000, but both sums be dwarfed in years to come as transfer fees increase across the women's game, not only in the WSL.
It also raises the question of when me might witness the first million-pound player, something the men's game first saw back in 1979 when Brian Clough and Nottingham Forest broke the bank to sign Trevor Francis from Birmingham. Considering that some of Europe's top clubs were still semi-professional just over a decade ago, the rise in transfer fees has been rapid.
