Emma Hayes makes bizarre Star Wars comparison ahead of Chelsea’s Conti Cup clash against Manchester City
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has caused outrage in the women's football community after she called player-player relationships 'inappropriate'.' defender Carter is currently in a relationship with her Chelsea teammate Ann-Katrin Berger, who she has known since they met playing for Birmingham City in 2016.Hayes said: “I think player-coach relationships are inappropriate, and player-to-player relationships are inappropriate.
She also liked a tweet which read: "You don't have to justify what Emma said by the way, it's a flawed answer no matter how you spin it. There's a fundamental difference between player-player and player-coach relationships and that's imbalance of power. She could've said anything but that." Former Blues captain Magdalena Eriksson played for the club alongside Danish striker Pernille Harder - with whom she is still in a relationship - before the pair moved toBut relationships in the women's game have recently come under scrutiny due to a number of cases involving player-manager relationships.
It comes after Mark Sampson, the former England manager, was sacked in 2017 due to what the FA called 'inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour' with players during his time at Bristol Academy.
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