Chelsea FC Women's manager Emma Hayes says player-to-player relationships are 'inappropriate' – two of her star players date one another.
In women's soccer, it is not uncommon to see teammates date one another. United States Women's National Team members Ali Kreiger and Ashlyn Harris were actually married for four years before beginning to divorce last year. Overseas, Chelsea FC Women's teammates Jess Carter and Ann-Katrin Berger are in a relationship. However, their manager, Emma Hayes, disapproves.
Player-coach relationships, they're inappropriate, player-to-player relationships are inappropriate…' Hayes said earlier this week. 'One player's in the team, one's not in the team, one might be in the last year of their contract, one might not be. We all know, those of us that have been in the women's game for a long period of time, those things have been happening in dressing rooms. Longer term, it would be ideal... where you don't have to deal with that.
'f I seriously thought player x player relationships were inappropriate, I probably wouldn't have signed the well known girlfriend of my club captain for a world-record fee,' said another. After Carter's likes made the rounds, Hayes revealed that the two had a one-on-one talk, and she addressed the rest of her players. Hayes, via ESPN, said she 'let myself down' with her original comments, but added she does not 'take those things back.
We must have them conversations with each other but it's an important thing you must do in a workplace and everybody understands and I think you saw from the performance tonight that everybody is absolutely invested in what we are doing.' Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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