Arsenal Women manager Jonas Eidevall questions lack of female coaches in football | Football News

Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall has said the lack of female coaches in the game is a “huge problem”, describing it as “the scarcest resource in professional football”.

Eidevall side traveled to Brighton there, live in Sky Sports from 20:30, which last month brought Jens Scheuer as the new boss as a replacement for Hope Powell.

This brings the number of clubs in the Women’s Super League with female managers to four out of 12.

When Eidevall was put to Friday’s pre-match press conference and asked how he was trying to get more female coaches into games and coaching in the WSL, he said: “I think the question is wrong – not the WSL.

“The problem is you see, in all the technical staff in all the professional clubs on the men’s side, how many female technical staff do you have in the game?

“It’s incredible when you look at all the other parts of society. You can have a female Prime Minister, you can have a female president. But you can’t have a female coach in the Premier League for some reason? Why?

“I have to be the most resourceful person in professional football, a female coach. There’s no reason why you can’t be a woman and be a top coach.

“So you’re right with the numbers, it’s a big deal that there aren’t more female coaches, but it’s not the WSL in isolation – it’s the whole game.

“I can’t think of how it could be, now that nothing is happening, and people are very happy that nothing is happening.”

Eidevall is hoping for a striker in January

The Arsenal manager remains hopeful that the club can add a striker before the end of the January transfer window.

When asked about a potential acquisition, Eidevall replied: “I hope so.”

“I use the word ‘prolific’ goalscorer [for a January signing] and that is still my plan. As a result of having Viv [Miedema] and Beth [Mead] injured for the rest of the season is that we have lost a lot of contributions to our history.

“Of course, we can try to find a way to find it inside, but my idea is still to find outsiders to help us.”

Arsenal have had a busy month. Sabrina D’Angelo, Victoria Pelova and Kathrine Kuhl have arrived at the club, while Giovana Queiroz has returned from a loan spell at Everton.

Discussing the young forward, Eidevall said: “Gio is a very talented player. He is explosive and good on the ball. I think he can destroy any defense he comes up against.

“What he needs to start the game for us is to get some consistency in training and get some game minutes. That’s what we’re trying to achieve by loaning him to Everton.

“To be honest, I hope that when he comes back to Arsenal, he will be ready to train fully and be a 90-minute player with that experience.

“But because our situation has changed and it might happen at Everton, it’s not here now. I see all the potential in Gio but maybe we have to be patient and take a good decision.

“I think it will take a little time and a lot of commitment from the staff and the players to get it right.”

In terms of outgoings, club legend Jordan Nobbs left Aston Villa a few weeks ago and, on Wednesday, Mana Iwabuchi joined Tottenham on loan for the rest of the season.

Commenting on the Japan international’s departure, Eidevall added: “Mana needs to be in an environment where he needs to play more and, of course, with a player like Mana, there are many clubs interested.

“Then it’s not my business to decide which club will do it, it’s the decision of the player and the club that does the job.”