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Emma Hayes says the Women’s Super League must leave the FA to progress as a business and called on the Premier League to offer a huge investment after England’s Euro 2022 triumph.
The Lionesses victory last month has created a buzz around the new league season and several clubs have reported record ticket sales in the last two weeks.
The FA have run the WSL since its inaugural season in 2011 but Hayes, who is celebrating 10 years as manager of Chelsea on Sunday, believes the women’s game will only progress further if it parts ways with governing body.
Emma Hayes has called for a 'huge' cash injection from the Premier League to help the WSL
‘That win, if it didn't open the eyes of the Premier League it will do now, you know I'm a big advocate of that, because the appetite is there and I've always been an advocate of the women's game becoming a business and I think we've now entered that phase, of women's football becoming a business.
‘The next step is the league leaving the FA and going to the Premier League or an independent body and that there is a vision around the women's game so we don't just have single big moments – single events once every two years or once a year – that they're every week.
‘We need the expertise coming into the game. For me that is hands down the next step and I've been really vocal about it because you need experience. That's not the FA's responsibility, they don't run leagues. It's not their job to do that, they're there for the national
