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Jonas Eidevall gives passionate response when quizzed on lack of female WSL managers

Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall says he can't get his head around why more female coaches aren't managing across the professional game.

A recent change of manager at Arsenal's next opponents in the Women's Super League, Brighton, has seen the issue become a hot topic, as only four mangers in the top flight are female. But Eidevall feels that the issue doesn't lie solely within the WSL.

Carla Ward at Aston Villa, Emma Hayes at Chelsea, Kelly Chambers at Reading and Rehanne Skinner at Tottenham are in the hot seats at top-flight clubs, but the other eight bosses - including the Arsenal manager - are male. Speaking ahead of Sunday's trip to Brighton, Eidevall was asked about the shrinking number of female coaches in the league and confessed that the issue is a big one for the professional game as a whole.

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