Chelsea female manager Emma Hayes has agreed a new contract to extend what has already been a very successful spell for the Blues since 2012, during which time she has delivered four WSL titles, two FA Cups, two League Cups and one sometime 2017 WSL spring series.
Hayes guided Chelsea to the Champions League final for the first time last season and lost to Barcelona, and European glory is still the club’s elusive goal.
The 44-year-old has become known to a wider audience this summer as a result of her very famous commentary work for ITV during Euro 2020, which provides deep tactical insight and analysis of the games she has covered.
“Everyone knows what this club means to me,” Hayes told Chelsea’s official website.
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The work we have done together over the past nine years has been enormously rewarding, full of growth in women’s games, accompanied by winning, which is one of the club’s key values.
“I am really looking forward to continuing to build on the successes we have already achieved and I am happy to have expanded further.
“It’s been a year and a half without fans, so I can not wait to welcome them back to our home and share with them the wonderful team we have built together.”
Former Chelsea and England striker Eniola Aluko, who played under Hayes for six years, said 90 minutes before the Champions League final in May that European success has been a long-term goal.
Emma Hayes continues to aim for Champions League glory / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / Getty Images
“She has had a huge impact and I think she set that vision a long time ago, in 2012 when she came, to become a competitive, title-winning team in Europe,” Aluko explained at the time.
“Emma Hayes has always talked about the Champions League, this is no surprise. I think that after the first time we played in the Champions League 2015, it has been the goal since then to continue to grow in the competition. ”
Chelsea losing the final to Barcelona will probably only have made Hayes even more so.
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