A U.S. women’s national team star is about to set a world record.

San Diego Wave and American international center-back Naomi Girma agreed to move to English side Chelsea for a world-record women’s transfer fee of $1.1 million, The Athletic’s Meg Linehan reported Tuesday.

Girma, 24, is still in the process of negotiating with the Blues, who currently are leading the Women’s Super League table as they look on pace to six-peat in the league. The Wave also recently dealt U.S. forward Jaedyn Shaw to the North Carolina Courage, so replacements will be required.

French club Lyon were also in hot pursuit of Girma’s signature and wanted to pay a lucrative sum, while other European teams held interest, the report added. Fellow English team Arsenal eventually were not among the final contenders.

The previous record for a women’s transfer belonged to Racheal Kundananji, who joined NWSL side Bay FC for $860,000 from Spanish side Madrid CFF.

Current USWNT manager Emma Hayes last coached at Chelsea prior to her switch to the States. Sonia Bompastor left Lyon to take over the Blues’ women’s team.

Girma joined the Wave in 2022 after a promising collegiate run at Stanford, where she has now developed into one of the world’s premier center-backs due to her on-the-ball and anticipation abilities.

Already at her age, Girma has won an Olympic gold medal, NWSL Shield, NWSL Challenge Cup and Women’s College Cup along with tournament successes in the Concacaf W Gold Cup and Concacaf Women’s Championship. Her individual achievements exceed a dozen, from U.S. Soccer Player of the Year to Concacaf nominations.

U.S. manager Hayes once lauded Girma as the best defender she has ever seen. A move to Chelsea could further bolster her reputation.

Evacuation orders were issued for the Lilac Fire, which had burned about 50 acres (20 hectares), according to the Associated Press.

The fire was growing “with a moderate rate of spread and structures are threatened,” the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection posted.

Firefighters also made progress on the Pala Fire and it was reported as stopped, the agency said.

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The weather service has issued a warning of a “ particularly dangerous situation ” for parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego counties from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning due to low humidity and damaging Santa Ana winds.

“The conditions are ripe for explosive fire growth should a fire start,” Andrew Rorke, a meteorologist with the weather service in Oxnard, told AP.

The fresh threat comes two weeks after two major blazes, which are still burning in the Los Angeles area, killed at least 27 people and destroyed more than 10,000 structures in the residential enclaves of Pacific Palisades and Altadena in Los Angeles.

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David Acuna, a spokesman with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said the biggest concerns are the Palisades and Eaton Fires breaking their containment lines and a new blaze starting.

“Don’t do things to start another fire so we can focus on the mitigation of the current fires,” Acuna said.

Kamala Harris visits Los Angeles

Former US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff flew to Los Angeles on Monday after attending the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

They met with firefighters, volunteers and victims of the Eaton Fire in Altadena.

“We just came out to thank (firefighters), to thank the community and just remind folks that we’re all in this together,” Harris said, according to AP. She added that their home in Pacific Palisades was still standing.

Meanwhile, Trump, who criticized the response to the wildfires during his inaugural address, has said he will travel to Los Angeles on Friday.