Emma Hayes had kept it in best as she could, but the Chelsea manager has never been the sort to temper her reactions or employ thought filters.
So when presented with the suggestion that after more than a decade at the helm of Chelsea women and off the back of a fifth FA Cup title (a third on the bounce) and another medal hanging freshly around her neck courtesy of who-else-but Sam Kerr, the 46-year-old might have a dynasty on her hands, and she couldn’t help but indulge in a guffaw.
It is not that Hayes did not agree – Hayes had admitted she “liked” the notion and nodded along to the assertion that the modern manager is a dispensable item, a swiftly offloaded burden when results begin to fester and seasons go belly up, a basic practice that a quick glance at the club’s corresponding men’s team will validate, making the concept of dynasties a rarity.
