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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Louise Taylor

Sarina Wiegman believes coach-player relationships are ‘very inappropriate’

Sarina Wiegman during a press conference at St George's Park
Sarina Wiegman says she is a ‘little disappointed’ that Chelsea’s Millie Bright has not recovered from injury in time to be named in the latest England squad. Photograph: Jacob King/PA Images

Sarina Wiegman has described relation­ships between female footballers and their coaches as unhealthy, inappropriate and unsafe.

The England manager was ­reacting to events at the WSL club Leicester, where the head coach, Willie Kirk, is the subject of an internal investigation after an allegation of a ­relationship with a player.

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