Emma Hayes: ‘As for managing England one day, I’ll never say never’ | Football

Hi Emma, ​​you seem to take in the United States like a duck in the water. But what food or what drink is you missing? Antony, Staffordshire
I still miss a roasted chicken dinner. And milk. The milk is different there, so when you have a cup of tea, it’s not the same because milk is not the same. This changes the quality of the tea, listen, it’s difficult for me.

How does life in America treat you? Is the infrastructure for women’s football significantly more developed there? And the question to a million dollars: what happens when your new team will face England in the World Cup final in 2027? Tom Stubbs, Brussels
First of all, I love being there. The cultural approach to the game of girls and women is more anchored in the United States, because they have been doing it for more in terms of opportunities. It’s noticeable, and the American approach to women’s sport stands out, not just football, but also with basketball. As for this hypothetical for 2027, well, you say that we are in the World Cup final, so I am excited! If you give me this option today, I will bite your hand. I want to be in the final of the World Cup in competition to win a World Cup, so that you are confronted, it will be a high level, of a high level, and I do not become emotional on this subject-it is England but I reappear the United States, so I focus on the United States.

What distinguishes good coaches from major coaches? Amalia, Australia
Number: to be a big leader, I think you have to show great empathy and a great understanding, which helps you connect with people. Yes, the levels of natural emotional intelligence will help you, but you must develop the skills necessary to be able to get the best of people out. Number two: have a clarity in your vision, so everyone can align themselves with this and they know what they are registered. And number three: don’t be afraid to be vulnerable with them. You cannot always be right, so don’t forget that they are partners with you, you go on the trip of the coach teams where, even if the leader, the team’s ideas and their advice should be part of the story, because they play the game, they know, and their experiences are just as valid as your management as the leader.

What are you waiting for the most on female euros? Kevin, Birmingham
The proximity of the games. I want to see more games be more difficult to win, that’s what I look forward to the most with it, because then training between. You can see more coaching when the matches are tighter.

Who is the USWNT player who has surprised you the most since you became director of the national team? Kiaan, Manchester
I couldn’t name only one, oh my God, they all did. I went there, I don’t know what to expect from their level and I was so pleasantly surprised overall. Yes, I think there is a gap in the experience between the superior group and this generation that I bring, but I am so pleasantly surprised, their attitude, their approach, their coachability, all this.

As a person who understands the world game and its power to unify, what do you think that football should do to help rural communities, like ours in western Montana, develop the game where there are no lights, few coaches and limited infrastructure but a deep hunger to play? Nick Lawyer, Montana
In the United States, it is therefore focused on “Pay to Play” and I hope that, with the programs inherited from football of 26 and 31 [the 2026 men’s World Cup and the 2031 women’s World Cup] That we have really started to develop more connections with communities that do not have the same access to sport, so I hope that the work that football does help to resolve part of this.

Do you think that the USWNT players playing in the NWSL are disadvantaged in competition for those who play in Europe? Rob Coughlin, Chicago
I think that the NWSL and the European leagues are competitive, but these are different experiences. The Champions League offers something that the NWSL cannot, at that time, but it changes. Parity in the NWSL, the week, the week-out and the competitiveness of the league, guarantees that there is always a better match each week, so it is the diversity piece that is different. In Europe, you get the Champions League, but the development of the Concacaf W Champions Cup – which Gotham FC has recently won – will help fill this gap.

In your vision of redoing women’s football in the United States, what are the best actions you want the most and hope to see in NWSL clubs? Luc, Portland
The first will be to continue to add to their own staff, they therefore provide players with all professional services in and around them more in -depth. The second is, continue to attract the best quality to the NWSL, because it helps our own players to develop when they play in the best training environments with the best players. And expansion, because I think expansion is another step in the right direction, showing that the game is developing.

What skills do young American players with the ambitions of the national team should they practice in their backgrounds? Marissa, Denver
Hit the ball against the wall, practice on -V, make bouncing balls – you develop your own technical things by practicing a large part of your skills in the tight region and your ball control.

What can young players do to increase their tactical consciousness and their knowledge of the game, in particular if they house the ambitions to be themselves coaches when they are older? Chris Wragg, Bournemouth
There are a few things: watch football and try to look at it through the goal of a coach, not as a fan. Educate yourself, but apart from England – do not just go to your common location, go to a place like Barcelona’s Innovation Hub and see if you can do educational lessons for position game coaches, and go from other countries where you can live an education from different coaches because this is just an example.

Thank you for all the wonderful work you have done in Chelsea. First of all, would you like to manage England one day? Secondly, have you ever dropped the F TV on live television and, if so, what was the reaction? Peter Collins, London
First of all, I am always skeptical that people cannot use the F bomb in the right context, but I would say that I have abstained at the moment – I work on it! As for the management of England one day, I will never say.

If the most expensive footballer in the world costs around 200 million pounds Sterling – Neymar’s expenses during the move to Paris Saint -Germain – How much is the best football manager in the world? Rick, London
A manager, like a player in many ways, is someone “in the team”, but he is someone who directs this, and you can see with the costs for managers as they are, when they buy them out of contracts, transfer fees are not the same amount as players, but they are certainly expensive quantities. I do not think that the costs of the managers will never be those of a player, for marketing reasons, that is also why the transfer costs of the players are so high. You can sell players’ shirts, but we do not sell managers shirts, so I don’t think their costs ever reach this same level.

Do you think Chelsea paying record transfer fees the season after the season is good for the super female league? Were you against WSL to introduce equitable expenditure levels, was it because it would have prevented Chelsea’s efforts to win the Champions League? Ted Harvey, Ipswich
I know that Naomi Girma is worth at least $ 1 million, at least! She is the best.

How much did Arsenal saw Arsenal win the Champions League? Bit because you would probably have preferred that it was Chelsea who won but also sweet because you were the assistant coach of Vic Akers the last time that Arsenal won the trophy in 2007. Also, when you and Renée Slegers spoke before the final, what advice did you give it? Ingrid, New Zealand
It was far from being soft. Arsenal has been an integral part of my life since I was 10 years old, I have been there for a long time, so I was delighted for them. I brought Renée to England as a player of the academy in 2006, so I had a solid relationship with her and I am so impressed by her. I think she is incredible, she did an incredible job, and yes, we talked in the week before the game, but she doesn’t need my help. She has this under control and I am very happy to see an English team win it.

Your coach career dates back to the independent club race without the support of a pre -existing male team. Now, only two in WSL and WSL2 are working independently. Do you think that will ever change, or will the majority of the successful women’s team be operated by male clubs? Liam, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
I think we will potentially see more independent teams, yes, and that’s a good thing. Both can exist, but having solid independent female teams with solid property can only facilitate the development of the game.

Thomas Tuchel resigns tomorrow – Do you want work? Do you even have the post? David, Surrey
No I don’t have. I love my work.

Do you plan to be possible for a coach to manage in a male league in the first five or an international male team in your lifetime? Bryan, Portland
Yes, I see that it happens, but I always think that these questions should be asked to owners, not managers.

What is the only current question / trope you want the media to cease to pose in press conferences? »» Ruth, ontorio
Any comparison with the male game or “when are you going to train in the male game”, as if it was the whole and final. I love working in female sports. When I receive these two questions, I would like to be able to pin the ball in the room.

I see that Finland recently called a 51 -year -old man. Do you need an 80-year-old child? Ann Steiner, Arizona
Whenever you want a game, Ann, give us a cry! I’ll put you on the bench.