Remi Allen may seem like a young head coach at 33 having hung up her playing boots at the end of last season, but her appointment at Southampton is a hard-earned opportunity she was working towards throughout her career. Ever since she began coaching in Leicester’s youth setup as a teenager more than 15 years ago, Allen has been putting in the hard yards.
She took on coaching roles at every club she played for, her pandemic-hit second spell at Leicester the only time in her career when she was not coaching as well as playing. When the moment came she was nearly 8,000 miles from home.
