Arsenal’s Eidevall fumes at ‘amateurish’ WPLL over Chelsea fixture mess

Manager hits out at ‘lack of clarity and transparency’Match postponed due to Champions League schedule

Jonas Eidevall has accused Women’s Professional Leagues Ltd (WPLL), the body that runs the Women’s Super League, of “amateurish behaviour” and called for more consideration for teams competing in Europe, after it postponed Sunday’s game between Chelsea and Manchester United because the former is competing in the Champions League on Tuesday.

The schedule for European fixtures has been known for a year and the possibility of three English teams reaching the group stage was a likely scenario, yet all three of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City had been scheduled to play on Sunday ahead of a potential Tuesday European fixture. With Uefa unwilling to budge on their long-term scheduling, the WPLL, which also runs the Women’s Championship, took the decision to postpone Manchester United’s sold-out visit to Kingsmeadow to take on the current WSL champions.

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