Skinner says short-term contracts an issue in WSL

West Ham head Rehanne Skinner says short-term contracts successful nan Women's Super League is an "issue" that needs addressing.

The nine person mislaid 7 players connected imperishable transfers this summer, each of whom were regular members of nan first-team squad.

Among them were Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold, Japan internationals Risa Shimizu and Honoka Hayashi and erstwhile vice-captain Hawa Cissoko - each were connected two-year deals which expired.

It meant nan nine did not person transportation fees and mislaid immoderate of their champion players, having to activity difficult connected recruitment this summertime to switch them.

"It's a speech I had pinch nan nine - thing we needed to robust retired and put successful place. Short-term contracts person been an rumor for sustainability," said Skinner.

"We cognize nan turnover has been rather precocious successful nan nine previously. I'm trying to support nan guidance of that and moreover that retired a batch amended - for nan fans and nan sustainability of nan team.

"[It's about] having a amended building astir statement lengths and for erstwhile group are coming retired of their contracts too."

Skinner says there's a corporate request to beryllium "good successful a business sense" to get nan astir retired of talent developed astatine West Ham.

"There's good, value players that person gone done nan club," she added.

"We want to make judge that everything nan nine has invested successful them, we tin get a return connected [financially] arsenic good arsenic what nan players are offering america while astatine nan club.

"We request to look astatine some sides of that and it's thing that has to beryllium factored successful moving forward."

This summer, West Ham person signed 5 players connected three-year deals and Skinner says she hopes nan nine tin create "stability" for fans going forward.

"Last play we were doing a batch of activity connected trying to put foundations successful place. We admit they person seen a batch of change," she said.

"We want to create that stableness this twelvemonth truthful they really person thing to guidelines for. I deliberation we showed our personality past twelvemonth and what we’re trying to achieve."