The end of her playing career marked the start of a bright future in coaching. However, it wasn’t always an obvious calling for Slegers who studied communication sciences while still playing the sport. “In my opinion, she was way too intelligent to do something in coaching,” Stentler said. “I would say she would go work...
Arsenal boss Renee Slegers says the “next step for women’s football” is to have better pitches after Gunners legend Ian Wright described the surface at Real Madrid’s Estadio Alfredo di Stefano as a “disgrace”. Wright made his feelings known during Arsenal’s 2-0 Women’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg defeat in Spain’s capital. Playing conditions at the...