Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter has signed for arguably the world's most dominant sports team,Olympique Lyonnais.
It might not make the same sort of splash as the deals that took Harry Kewell to Liverpool,Tim Cahill to Everton or even Sam Kerr to Chelsea. But none of them joined a team as dominant as the one Carpenter will link up with next week.
When it comes to women's football,Lyon are top of the tree. By a distance. They've won the UEFA Women's Champions League a record six times - including the last four in a row. They've also taken out the Division 1 Féminine title in France an incredible 14 times. Again,all in a row.
There may not be a team anywhere else in the world,in any sport,able to match that sort of honour roll.
Their squad is so packed with elite talent it's almost unfair. Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg,the inaugural winner of the women's Ballon d'Or,tops the list. But then there's German national team captain Dzsenifer Marozsán,Japan skipper Saki Kumagai,and a fair chunk of the French side that made last year's World Cup quarter finals.
"Growing up,that's the club I wanted to end up at. For me to be going there now is surreal,and I just can't wait,"Carpenter,who is still just 20,told theHerald.
Ada Hegerberg is among a long list of stars who Ellie Carpenter will soon call teammates at Lyon.Credit:AP
There's talk that England international Lucy Bronze - who loomed as Carpenter's main competition for her preferred right-back role - may not return for the new season,which is slated to begin in August. That'll make her path to the first team a little bit easier,but Carpenter anticipates being challenged in every way imaginable at Lyon,a club where just being good isn't good enough.