For women’s football being aligned with the men’s game comes at a price | Suzanne Wrack


Super League shambles shows the focus must not be on short-term gain even as search for sustainability goes on

The European Super League saga may, for now, be over but fallout from the shambolic breakaway attempt rumbles on.

“As soon as practicable after the start of the men’s competition, a corresponding women’s league will also be launched, helping to advance and develop the women’s game,” the ESL launch statement proclaimed.

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Europe's most successful women's football team, Lyon, have hired a female coach for the first time with former academy director Sonia Bompastor replacing Jean-Luc Vasseur.

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