The Chelsea Women’s boss backed to enter the men’s game, but would League One be a step back?

Laura Woods endorsed Chelsea Women’s boss Emma Hayes to be ‘brilliant at everything she does’ amid reports that she could land a job in men’s sport, though England legend Fara Williams questions whether AFC Wimbledon it’s the right job.

Hayes is reportedly on the shortlist to succeed Glyn Hodges at the club and, if appointed, would be the first woman to lead a senior men’s soccer team in England’s professional leagues.

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Emma Hayes is reportedly in dispute over AFC Wimbledon’s job

The 44-year-old has enjoyed great success at Chelsea, winning three Women’s Super League titles, two FA Cups and the League Cup.

His team is currently on a 33-game unbeaten streak at the WSL and is currently at the top of the table having conceded just six goals all season.

Woods, host of talkSPORT Breakfast, says Hayes is an awesome person and should get the job if he’s the right person for it.

“I think the thing to keep in mind with this is that she’s a trailblazer anyway and she’s inspiring young coaches everywhere, if she’s the right person for the job, she’s probably going to get it and take it,” Woods said. in Show on Tuesday.

“I feel like with Emma, ​​gender is irrelevant because she’s brilliant in her own right.

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Hayes has had great success with Chelsea Women

“I have worked with her a lot at Sky, she has come and studied with us as well and I am always really impressed by her and I enjoy listening to her.

“Off screen too, listening to what he is like, he has a real forensic fascination with tactics and all that behind closed doors with his players and I always find it interesting to listen to.

“Why would I want to leave Chelsea? Longevity is not easy to achieve either, as we all know.

“She is so, so successful that she might want to take the next step because she is ambitious.

“If that’s what he wants to do, then let him do it 100 percent, he’ll be brilliant in everything he does.

“That’s gender-irrelevant because she’s a brilliant coach, a brilliant character too, and if you’re talking about someone who can handle personalities, I think she has it on her locker.

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Hayes has twice won the FA Cup

“She will just want to say, ‘There’s a job open there, I want to go get it, I want to have a level platform with everyone else looking for that job, and if I’m the right person for that job’ then I’ll take it and take it. ‘ .

If she gets it, great for her.

Meanwhile, England’s most capped women’s international Williams wants Hayes to have a chance but questioned whether the job at Wimbledon was the right one.

Speaking on Women’s Football Weekly, Williams said: “I would like to see her in men’s soccer. I would like her to be the driving force for women and seize opportunities in men’s soccer.

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Hayes has been with Chelsea since 2012

“I certainly think he has the ability to do that and I hope he gets an opportunity, but I don’t think this job at AFC Wimbledon is the one.

“In the long run, I would love to see Emma Hayes, after she has accomplished these things with Chelsea, work in men’s football and then carry on the England Women’s job later to finish her managerial career, it would be something special. «

Woods also argued that the next logical step for Hayes would be in the men’s game having accomplished what he has done in the women’s game.

She added: “There is no escaping the fact that there is a huge gulf in the male and female game in terms of funding, advertising, endorsement, facilities and all that.

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Hayes would become the first woman to lead a men’s soccer league team if she were named by Wimbledon

“For a woman to want to take the next step, since she achieved everything she wanted to achieve in women’s football, she would probably have to make that move.

“It is the logical next. Probably the national team or in America, where we know that the back end of women’s football is a little further.

“I just need to be the right person for the right job and if they want that move to be brilliant. I don’t think anyone wants to receive anything other than merit.

“I shine when I talk about her because I think she’s evil. As a personality, if you can see some of his interviews because he is the most realistic person «.

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