Chelsea star Jess Carter, who is dating teammate Ann-Katrin Berger, likes a series of tweets criticising manager Emma Hayes of her comments about relationships within clubs.
Chelsea's Women's Super League manager was asked about player-coach relationships and said player-player relationships were also "inappropriate" despite them being relatively common in the league.Chelsea star Jess Carter, who is in a relationship with one of her teammates, liked a series of tweets criticising her manager's comments.
The Englishwoman was asked about player safeguards after reports in the British media that Leicester women's manager Willie Kirk is being investigated by the club over an allegation of a player-coach relationship.After months of speculation, Matildas star Sam Kerr shares photos from the moment she proposed to her long-term girlfriend, American professional soccer player Kristie Mewis.
Many of those posts pointed out the difference in the power imbalance present in a player-coach relationship vs a relationship between two players.Hayes said player-to-player relationships can be hard to navigate for a coach. Pernille Harder and Magdalena Eriksson have been in a relationship for the past decade and played together at Chelsea for three seasons.Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter plays alongside partner Danielle van de Donk at European champions Lyon in France.