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Chelsea defender Jess Carter is causing a stir after she liked several social media posts criticising her manager Emma Hayes’ comments about player relations.
Hayes, who is expected to leave the club at the end of the season, said at a news conference on Thursday that player-coach and player-to-player relationships were “inappropriate”.
The comments come after Leicester City suspended manager Willie Kirk over his alleged date with a player from his team.
Last month, Sheffield United sacked Jonathan Morgan, the manager of their women’s team, after it emerged that he had gone on a date with a player while at a previous club.
There are several relationships with high-profile players in the Women’s Super League, Carter, who is dating Chelsea teammate Ann Katrin Berger.
While the English foreigner has publicly objected to Hayes’ comments, the 26-year-old liked several posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, that criticized her manager’s stance.
A comment from host Beth Fisher read: “In my opinion, beyond the folly of including player relationships in this conversation. “
Another appreciated article through Carter of women’s soccer Jessy Parker Humphreys said, “Anyone who aligns coach-x-player relationships with player-x-player relationships fundamentally misunderstands the imbalances of strength at play. “
Hayes cautioned that relationships within a team are new but pose unique and demanding situations that can be difficult to manage.
“One player is in the team, another isn’t. One may be in the final year of their contract, the other may not. You can compete in a position with someone else, you don’t want me. “For you, it presents challenges,” he said.
“It’s quite difficult for training groups to have to deal with this. He communicates from a hierarchical point of view, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t provide demanding situations, it’s true, I think you have to work a lot on how to deal with those demanding situations in the dressing room because they’re far from ideal.
Liverpool women’s coach Matt Beard, for his part, had “no problem” with relationships between players.
“I think one in five people meet their long-term partner in a work environment,” she said. “The bottom line is that if there’s a relationship, it doesn’t work out on a day-to-day basis, but for me, I don’t have a challenge with that. “
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