Men's game not ready for female manager - Hayes

United States leader Emma Hayes says nan men's crippled is not fresh to name female managers.

Hannah Dingley was appointed Forest Green Rovers caretaker head successful 2023 but a female has ne'er been permanently appointed head of a men's squad successful nan apical 5 tiers of English football.

Hayes, 47, won 7 Women's Super League titles arsenic Chelsea's caput coach - including a 5th successful succession successful 2024 - earlier departing for nan USA job astatine nan extremity of past season.

Asked what needs to beryllium done for female coaches to beryllium appointed caput coach of a men's team, Hayes told nan Today programme: "I deliberation you request to get much owners successful to inquire them that question, because they're nan group you person to inquire that mobility to. I'm not nan 1 successful complaint of that."

Asked whether nine owners are "ready for that", Hayes said: "Yeah, of people they're not, different it would person happened by now.

"I've said this a cardinal times complete – you tin find a female pilot, a female doctor, a female lawyer, a female banker, but you can't find a female coach moving successful nan men's game, starring men. It conscionable shows you really overmuch activity location is to beryllium done."

Hayes and England women's leader Sarina Wiegman were some nominated for nan 2024 Ballon d'Or women's coach of nan twelvemonth grant this week, alongside Filipa Patao and Hayes' Chelsea successor Sonia Bompastor and antheral colleagues Arthur Elias and Jonatan Giraldez.

The men's coach of nan twelvemonth grant nominee list, which included nan likes of Bayer Leverkusen head Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid head Carlo Ancelotti, did not see immoderate female coaches.

Hayes said she does not deliberation antheral players would person a problem pinch having a female head successful charge, arsenic agelong arsenic nan coach is nan champion personification available.

Hayes added she manages astir "25 men each day" but they're "just nan unit I activity with".

Speaking successful 2023, Wiegman said it was a "matter of time" earlier a men's squad was managed by a woman.

"I deliberation it will happen, I'm not judge really agelong it will return but I deliberation it would beryllium good," Wiegman said.