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Emma Hayes revealed she’d spoken to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after deleting her social media last week as the Chelsea boss slammed the ‘ridiculous expectations’ on modern day managers.
Hayes, who has been regularly active on social media this season, took down her Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter, accounts after her side were beaten by Liverpool.
Hayes was asked about the pressures that come with her role, both in football and more widely in the women’s game, and whether it had played a role in deleting her profiles this week.
The 47-year-old said there is a level of ‘nastiness’ and ‘trolling’ creeping into the women’s game and warned it risks replicating the negative side of men’s football.
‘I had a chat with Jurgen Klopp about it this week,’ Hayes said in response.
Emma Hayes expressed her concerns about the growing 'nastiness' in the women's game
The departing Chelsea boss spoke to Jurgen Klopp after deleting her social media accounts
‘I think it’s ridiculous what everybody expects of a football manager. We’re human beings. We have lives. This isn’t about anything else than my opinion, getting you lot paid for tomorrow.
‘Because of that, maybe we’ve lost a little bit of sight around, I don’t know, the things that I think become important. Everybody’s under pressure, everybody’s got to get headlines. Everybody’s got to grab content. I think for football managers we’re in an impossible position.
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