‘I’m well again’: Emma Hayes on hidden trauma, ADHD and Chelsea upheaval | Chelsea Women
Emma Hayes is serene in a small bungalow in Cobham as, amid the uncertainty, one period sweeps into one other at Chelsea’s closely monitored coaching floor. Two weeks in the past, a brief stroll from right here, Thomas Tuchel was sacked by Chelsea’s homeowners the morning after his one centesimal recreation on the membership. Hayes had simply handed 10 years in charge of Chelsea Girls, in a reign made outstanding by 5 Girls’s Tremendous League titles, 4 FA Cups and two League Cups. The second half of her profession at Chelsea coincided with the arrival of her son, Harry, born solely half an hour earlier than Hayes gave beginning to his twin brother, Albie, who had died inside her after 28 weeks. Now it feels as if she has been launched from 4 years of hidden trauma. Hayes, an engagingly open girl, has mirrored on her grief and loss whereas additionally expressing sympathy for Tuchel. The 45-year-old has spoken about her perception that she has ADHD and remembered the times when her dad advised her to “change the face of ladies’s soccer”. Hayes has steered how greatest to capitalise on England’s Euro 2022 triumph earlier…