The Chelsea Women manager, Emma Hayes, said she fulfilled a childhood dream in winning a Fifa award on Monday – and that her son, Harry, asked whether it was “for being the best mummy”.
Hayes won the women’s coach award and was following proceedings from home via a link when the announcement was made in Zurich. “The funniest thing about it all is my son came downstairs and he said: ‘Mummy, you’ve won an award – is that for being the best mummy?’” a beaming Hayes said. “Dream fulfilled, and in my son’s eyes, I won an award for being mummy of the year.
