Celtic Women’s manager Grant Scott has hit out at FIFA after the governing body introduced a new rule that the Hoops boss says could set a ‘dangerous precedent’ in the Women’s game.
FIFA have ruled that come next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Brazil, each team must have a female head coach or assistant manager and at least another female staff member on the bench.
Celtic Women’s boss Scott has delivered his verdict on the ruling and also states that his team ‘do not care’ whether their coaches are male or female, as long as the person in charge is the right one to do the job.
Should it matter if there is a male or female in charge of the Celtic Women’s side?
Celtic have had success with both genders. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Celtic boss’s furious warning to FIFA as Hoops Women’s team ‘don’t care’ who is in charge
For whatever reason FIFA have decided to do this, it seems that Celtic’s Women’s team simply do not care which gender is in charge.
Scott told The Scottish Sun, “I think it sets a dangerous precedent.
“The obvious question it then raises is whether or not that directive then is the same in the men’s game.
“If so, would that mean that we can’t have a woman in charge of a men’s team?
“For me, it has to always be about who is the best person for the job. Funnily enough, when I went into training on Friday morning a few of the players here were talking about it and the feedback from them was that they didn’t care who was in charge.”
Celtic Women should have ‘the best fit’ to coach the side
Scott does have a great point. If women coaches do want to break into the men’s game then this ruling could effectively be challenged or hinder that.
Scott continued, “In all honesty, if you ask a player whether they want a male or a female coach they will tell you that they don’t care if it is a man, a woman or someone with two heads – all they want is someone in charge who can make them a better player and organise a team.
“I like to think of myself as someone who has been a vocal advocate for equal opportunities within the game for women.
“I have been involved in women’s football for 18 years and I am a passionate supporter of it. Again, I’d like to think that anyone I’ve ever worked with would tell you that.
“But for me, ultimately, we have to have people in key roles who are the best fit for the job regardless of whether that is a man or a woman.”
Celtic have had great success with Fran Alonso and Elena Sadiku coaching the side so this ruling by FIFA certainly does not make one bit of sense.
It seems like this is designed to force more women coaches onto football clubs rather than earning the job in their own right? Who would really be happy with getting a position that way if that was the case?
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