First Female Premier League Manager Might be Appointed in 2019 and Chelsea Could Be the Employer

Female head coaches are extremely rare in men’s world football. Yet, in an era of social equality, there is nothing to stop a woman making it to Men’s Premier League. Many believe it is a matter of time before appointing the first female Premier League manager. It even might happen this year, as Emma Hayes is on the shortlist for a top job at Chelsea replacing Sarri.

England still did not celebrate the first Female Premier League manager, but online sportsbook sites in the UK suggest it will happen very soon. You can bet on that with 25/1 odds at Unibet Sportsbook for a PL top club to name female manager in 2019. And, 20/1 for it to happen in 2020. Are you bemused? Well, keep in mind that the Premier League is already under the leadership of Susanna Dinnage since January.

Chelsea might employ the first female manager

After winning the Europa League and finishing third in the Premier League, Maurizio Sarri might leave Chelsea. Online sportsbook news sites in the UK reported that Sarri is very close to agree terms with Juventus. Although he still has two years on his contract, he had a difficult first season with Chelsea. He will be more comfortable continuing in the country where he spent all his coaching career.

Should Maurizio Sarri leave this summer, Chelsea Women’s coach Emma Hayes might take over. Emma has a good coaching experience, winning FA WSL and Women’s FA Cup twice. If Emma wins the top job, she will become the first female Premier League manager in history.

Hong Kong had the first female manager for Eastern Club

The barriers in world football are certainly there to be broken. At the Women’s World Cup, it is notable that only eight of the 24 teams’ coaches are women. In England, only five managers of the last season’s Women’s Super League were women. The boundaries are clearly there, but for this sport to be daring, ambitious female coaches have to set a precedent. England is not there yet, but you can easily find good examples elsewhere.

In 2015, the 27-year-old Chan Yuen-ting became manager of Eastern Sports Club in Hong Kong Men’s Premier League. She won the 2015/16 season, and remained at the helm for three seasons. Chan resigned in January this year after failing to deliver more trophies.

In 2017, DFB celebrated appointing the first female referee Bibiana Steinhaus in Bundesliga. What is more, the French club Clermont Foot 63 had the only female manager, Corinne Diacre, in the higher leagues of Europe between 2014 – 2017.

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