Arsenal Women boss Jonas Eidevall blasts scathing criticism of lack of female coaches in men’s football

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Arsenal Women manager Jonas Eidevall believes female coaches are the most under-utilized resource in professional football and has criticized men’s football for not giving them a role.

The FA aims to enrich the women’s side of the sport and has even ended a long-running debate over equal pay for the Lionesses and Three Lions.

Hayes, 46, is one of four current head coaches to lead one of the 12 Women’s Super League teams.

Joining the Chelsea Women boss is Reading Womens Kelly Chambers, Aston Villa Womens Carla Ward and Tottenham Womens Rehanne Skinner in the WSL.

Eidevall, who became Arsenal Women manager in 2021, insisted there is no reason why a woman can’t be a top manager and be underutilized in the sport.

I think the question is wrong, he told talkSPORT.

It’s not the WSL that’s the problem. The problem is that you see, in all the technical staff of all the professional clubs on the men’s side, how many female technical staff do you have in the game?

It’s amazing when you see it in all other parts of society. You can have female Prime Ministers, you can have female Presidents, but you can’t have a female Premier League coach for some reason? Why?

I think so [female coaches] must be, on its own, the least exploited resource of professional football. There’s no reason you can’t be a woman and be a top coach.

So you’re absolutely right with the numbers, it’s a big deal that there aren’t more female coaches. But it’s not the WSL in isolation. That’s the whole game.

I can’t understand how it’s possible that nothing is happening yet and people are very happy that nothing is happening.

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