Jess Carter has had a whirlwind two years. The Warwick-born defender went from being a bit-part player in England’s Euro 2022 squad to emerge as a key component in Sarina Wiegman’s World Cup team a year later, when they reached the final. During that period she has also enjoyed success at club level, becoming a regular in the Chelsea team after a tricky couple of seasons after joining from Birmingham in 2018.
With Carter in the back three or four, Chelsea have won back-to-back domestic doubles. Now though, she and her teammates are facing up to a new challenge: life without Emma Hayes.
