Complete Abuse Of Power: Aston Villa Boss Carla Ward On Player-Coach Relationship

Aston Villa boss Carla Ward said a manager should be sacked for having a relationship with a player, calling it a 바카라�complete abuse of power바카라�. (More Football News)

Ward said it is the responsibility of managers to protect players and said 바카라�to cross that line is unacceptable and it can바카라�t happen.바카라�

The former Sheffield United and Birmingham City boss said: 바카라�It makes me very angry because we are here to set an environment and a comfortable place to work that the players feel safe, backed and looked after, so I just don바카라�t understand anyone that crosses that line. You can바카라�t do it. It is a complete abuse of power.

바카라�We are in a moment where there is a microscope on the women바카라�s game and people have taken advantage of certain positions, and I don바카라�t like that and I don바카라�t think it is right.바카라�

Asked if a player-coach relationship should be a sackable offence, Ward replied: 바카라�Yes. One hundred per cent.바카라�

The 40-year-old, who represented the likes of Sheffield United, Lincoln and Bristol Rovers during her playing days, said the possible grey area of a player-coach relationship 바카라� given it is not illegal, providing no minors are involved 바카라� should be addressed in contracts.

She added: 바카라�It is an unwritten rule, and I am sure teachers don바카라�t have it in their contracts. But given where we are at now, and people don바카라�t understand it, maybe put it in black and white so it is clear.바카라�

Ward also said that players feel unable to report a potential issue.

바카라�It is the biggest problem because if you are the manager and you are crossing that line, it is very difficult for anyone to report it,바카라� added Ward.

바카라�Say, you have got a director of football, and they have done wrong, or are doing wrong, and you know that, and a head coach or manager does it, you can바카라�t go to that person because the first thing they will do is rip up your contract. I saw this as a player a lot.

바카라�You hear things all the time and it infuriates me. The only way to clean up the game is to highlight it and get rid of it.바카라�