A manager is reportedly in hot wat for a foxy affair with a player, with opposition bosses not withholding their anger.
Leicester City Women manager Willie Kirk was suspended for being in an alleged relationship with one of his players as an investigation is believed to be underway.
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The boss was absent from the touchline during his side's 2-0 win over Liverpool in the quarter-final of the FA Cup on Saturday, with assistant manager Jennifer Foster and first-team coach Stephen Kirby having taken charge of the team for the encounter.
“Willie Kirk is assisting the club with an internal process, the outcomes of which will be determined in due course,” a club spokesperson said per The Guardian.
The 45-year-old was appointed to the position of head coach in November 22, after being announced as the Women’s Super League club's director of football in July that year.
Reports of his suspension has seemingly caused anger around the league. Aston Villa boss Carla Ward expressed her outrage and condemned the matter of player-coach relationships.
"Our job and our duty is to protect players, first and foremost, so to cross that line is unacceptable and it can’t happen," she said at a pre-match press conference on Thursday per GOAL.
"It makes me very angry because we’re here to set an environment, a comfortable place that people come to work, where they feel safe, where they feel backed, where they feel looked after. I just don’t understand anyone who crosses that line. The game is professionalised."
She continued: "When you talk about where does the line get drawn, I think it’s very simple, when the game got professionalised, you can’t cross that line."
"There’s talk of pre-professionalised, there was a social aspect. When I was a player, it was a very social aspect, but now we’re talking about levels that it’s parent-teacher in my opinion. You can’t do it.
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