Chelsea manager Emma Hayes criticised women’s football’s “middle class” nature in England and claimed girls are not afforded the same access to football as boys.
The comments arrive shortly after the Football Association, in collaboration with the Premier League, announced landmark plans to fundamentally transform the existing Women’s and Girls’ Pathway in a bid to “unearth the very best talent in England”.
The plans, revealed earlier this month, are the result of a three-year national review of domestic women’s football carried out by the UK government.
