Robert de Pauw’s separation from his perform as Aston Villa’s females’s group supervisor on Wednesday got here in the midst of issues regarding the strategy he had truly presumably talked to his avid gamers, consisting of concerning their look, the Guardian has truly been knowledgeable.
It is acknowledged issues have been elevated inside concerning the Dutchman’s presumably lower than skilled statements which this was explored by the membership. De Pauw and Aston Villa have been referred to as for a response.
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De Pauw has truly refuted making remarks concerning avid gamers appears and recognized the claims“disgusting” In a weblog publish on the social media websites system X at 11.42 pm on Wednesday, he composed: “They told me the English media could be low but this low. I never make comments about players appearances. As a former social worker and father of a daughter I’m disgusted by people who would do this.”
He included: “In my former job as a social worker I stood for women and young children that needed protection. News papers that just throw things around without having facts are disgraceful and damaging for persons lives.”
The Women’s Super League membership launched De Pauw had truly left hours previous to their Women’s League Cup group online game versus Charlton onWednesday The Guardian disclosed on Tuesday that the membership have been bearing in mind De Pauw’s future which he had truly not organized the frequent coaching session that day.
In the very early hours of Wednesday De Pauw, that supervised for a lot lower than 6 months and supervise 9 WSL video video games, had truly uploaded a puzzling improve on LinkedIn His article made no referral to Villa nonetheless he mentioned “never shying away from difficult decisions” as a substitute of making an attempt to “win a popularity contest”, previous to importing an internet hyperlink to a write-up regarding his separation from Bayer Leverkusen.
De Pauw composed: “As a soccer supervisor the toughest factor is the a great deal of each day selections you need to make. Short time period, long run. Popular selections, unpopular selections. Weekly having to disappoint gamers as a result of you may solely play 11 and need to disappoint 14 others.
“You need the backing of the club if you want the team to go from average, to good, to better, to top. This reselecting and developing of a team is [a] necessary thing to do to make these steps. I did this in Leverkusen the past two seasons selecting on football, behaviour and characteristics of the players. I never shy away from difficult decisions and I will certainly not win the popularity contests. Because you can never satisfy everyone. But always keeping standards high to get the best out of the team and each other.”
The 43-year-old signed up with Villa in late June, when he approved a three-year deal with the choice of an extra 12 months. Leverkusen accomplished sixth within the Frauen-Bundesliga final interval after a fifth-placed floor within the earlier challenge.
After Sunday’s 4-0 loss at -Arsenal Villa are 9, one issue over the switch space. De Pauw supervised one group success and Shaun Goater, the earlier -Manchester City demonstrator, has truly taken short-lived payment.
