The managers making their WSL debuts in 2024-25

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Five managers will lead Women's Super League teams for nan first clip successful 2024-25

Adam Millington

BBC Sport journalist

The adjacent Women's Super League play is connected nan sky and it's not conscionable connected nan transportation wherever location are plentifulness of caller faces.

BBC Sport takes a look astatine nan league's caller bosses and what you tin expect from them.

Aston Villa - Robert de Pauw

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Robert de Pauw spent 2 seasons astatine Bayer Leverkusen

Robert de Pauw wants to unify nan playing style's of Aston Villa's men's and women's teams - it was thing he did astatine his past club, creating synergy pinch Xabi Alonso's men’s broadside while successful complaint of Bayer Leverkusen's women.

He replaces Carla Ward, who stepped down astatine nan extremity of nan season, arsenic Villa manager.

The 43-year-old De Pauw guided Leverkusen to a sixth-placed decorativeness past word and besides has acquisition of managing successful his autochthonal Netherlands. he won a convention and cup double while successful complaint of FC Twente successful 2022.

De Pauw has signed a three-year woody pinch nan nine and says his contiguous purpose is to get them to decorativeness successful nan apical six - 1 spot supra past year's seventh-place finish.

"You person to beryllium realistic," he said of his ambitions. "[Manchester] United are there. Spurs are there. Brighton is bringing bully players, and Leicester is bringing bully players in.

"That makes nan title truthful interesting. They are really investing, all. So there's a batch of competition, but we want to beryllium successful nan apical six, and we'll purpose for that."

Brighton - Dario Vidosic

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Dario Vidosic represented Australia arsenic a player

After different play successful which they changed their manager, Brighton will dream Dario Vidosic tin supply nan consistency they desire.

Brighton implemented important investments disconnected nan transportation and person now recruited Vidosic from Australian broadside Melbourne City successful a bid to execute amended successful nan WSL.

Croatia-born Vidosic, 37, joins aft a successful play pinch Melbourne City successful which they won nan A-League premiership, though they mislaid to Sydney FC successful nan expansive final.

His father, Rado, was a subordinate and head successful Australia and was successful complaint of Melbourne City's women's and men's teams earlier Dario.

Vidosic followed successful his father's footsteps and became a master player, representing Australia and having spells successful leagues successful Australia, Germany, Switzerland and China.

He takes complete from interim leader Mikey Harris, who led Brighton to decorativeness ninth aft Melissa Phillips was sacked successful February.

Chelsea - Sonia Bompastor

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Sonia Bompastor spent 3 years arsenic Lyon manager

Emma Hayes' silverware-laden era arsenic Chelsea head is simply a reliable enactment to follow, but Sonia Bompastor will dream she's good placed to do so.

The 44-year-old Frenchwoman joins Chelsea pinch an fantabulous managerial record, having led Lyon to 3 convention titles and 1 Champions League.

Chelsea person ne'er won Europe's apical title but Bompastor has. She said she wants to return Chelsea "to nan adjacent level".

Her managerial profession came aft an illustrious spell arsenic a player, becoming 1 of France's all-time greats and doubly lifting nan Champions League earlier retiring.

"Being capable to triumph nan Champions League will beryllium a large situation because location are a batch of really competitory clubs successful Europe, but I deliberation we person each nan talent successful nan squad to spell to nan last and person a chance to triumph it," she said.

Bompastor spent clip arsenic caput of Lyon’s academy, truthful she whitethorn besides beryllium nan correct personification to bring Chelsea’s wealthiness of young talent to nan apical level.

“Some different coaches will astir apt beryllium capable to do nan aforesaid but from my acquisition I would opportunity it's ever bully for nan young players to get personification [specialised],” she added.

Crystal Palace - Laura Kaminski

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Crystal Palace vanished nan 2023-24 Championship play a constituent up of Charlton to seal promotion

Laura Kaminski only embarked connected her first play of elder guidance successful nan summertime of 2023, but now she's reached nan apical flight.

Kaminski took Crystal Palace to nan Championship title past term, guiding them done a closely-fought conflict astatine nan apical to gain their spot successful nan WSL.

It was a demanding title race, but Kaminski kept her cool. She said she ne'er looked astatine nan array and trusted that performances would salary off.

"I americium a thorough believer that nan performances will speak for themselves, and if you execute good each week, past nan proof's successful nan pudding."

Kaminski, who was antecedently an adjunct astatine Tottenham erstwhile they were promoted to nan WSL, besides spent 5 years successful complaint of England's under-19 team.

Life successful nan apical section of English shot will beryllium a large alteration for Palace, but Kaminski said she hopes her squad will relish it and show why they are here.

"They put themselves successful a position wherever they each merit to beryllium there, truthful now spell and show nan world what you're tin of doing astatine nan apical level, because there's eyes each complete it and you merit to beryllium seen," she added.

Leicester - Amandine Miquel

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Amandine Miquel has taken connected her first managerial occupation extracurricular of France

Amandine Miquel's life has taken her from France to Mexico, to Chelsea's academy, to nan Indian water land of Reunion - and now, to Leicester.

She joins from Reims successful France's apical formation and has vowed to present a Leicester squad who supply "fun".

The 40-year-old played for Chelsea arsenic a younker subordinate and ended up astatine Reims aft pivoting to management, spending 7 years location and guiding them backmost to nan apical tier.

Reims reached 3 Coupe de France quarter-finals successful nan past 5 years contempt having 1 of nan division's smaller budgets.

What mightiness Miquel's Leicester squad look like? "It's a crippled truthful we expect it to beryllium bully to watch," she said. "Offensive - we will take sides a small spot because we don't want to return excessively galore goals, but arsenic violative arsenic you tin be.

"For america it's astir scoring 1 much extremity than nan force and that’s it."

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