Chelsea have introduced the signing of United States nationwide workforce defender Naomi Girma on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
The participant was offered to the followers forward of this afternoon’s Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League fixture towards Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
The 24-year-old centre-back joins Chelsea from American Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League (NWSL) membership San Diego Wave. It’s understood that The Blues have damaged the world’s switch file to signal the participant.
Girma joined San Diego Wave following the conclusion of her faculty profession. She has made 61 appearances for Wave within the NWSL and has received the NWSL Sheild and NWSL Problem Cup with the membership.
On the worldwide stage, Girma has been capped by the US on 44 events by which she has scored two targets. Girma was a member of the facet that ended the 2024 Olympic Video games as Gold Medalists.
After becoming a member of Chelsea, Girma stated “I’m so completely happy and actually excited to be right here. It doesn’t really feel actual.
“There are a variety of issues about Chelsea that made me need to come right here – the tradition, the profitable mentality, employees and gamers. It’s a prime atmosphere to be taught and develop in.
“Proper now, that’s what I’m trying to do. It was a straightforward selection for me.”
Girma is Chelsea’s first signing of the January switch window.