What do Chelsea signings mean for Blues and rest of WSL?

With just 10 games of the season remaining, Chelsea are in pole position for a sixth-straight title.

Seven points clear of closest challengers Manchester United, they are unbeaten in the league and still in the running for the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup as they chase a historic quadruple.

“For Chelsea to go and sign Girma and break a record on the same day they defeat Arsenal just felt like a momentous day for the club,” Beattie said.

“They don’t want to be stopped, they’re going to go on and achieve absolutely everything.”

Becoming European champions will be a priority for the Blues this season, with the Women’s Champions League the only major trophy to have eluded the club.

There will be no shortage of Champions League winners among Chelsea’s ranks with Walsh, Lucy Bronze, Catarina Macario and Kadeisha Buchanan all having won at least one title.

Not only have the club brought in players that have tasted European glory, they recruited an experienced Champions League manager as Emma Hayes’ successor.

Bompastor won the competition twice as a player, while she guided French side Lyon to the trophy in 2022.

However, winning a maiden Champions League title will not be easy with 10-time winners Lyon and Barcelona, who beat Chelsea 4-0 in the 2021 final, still standing at the quarter-final stage.