Jonas Eidevall leaves role as Arsenal Women head coach

Jonas Eidevall has left his role as head coach of Arsenal Women. Arenal sporting director Edu thanked Eidevall for his work, adding that the club’s “focus will now turn to the process of appointing a new head coach, and in the meantime, supporting Renee, as she takes interim charge of the team starting with two important fixtures this week”. GO DEEPER Hurt and boos mark end of awful week for Eidevall's Arsenal as 'bad start' gets worse Asked about Eidevall’s departure at the Valerenga press conference, captain Kim Little said: “We got made aware this morning before training. “ a bit sad, Jonas has been our leader for the last for years and he’s made the choice to step away now and we have a huge amount of respect for him and now our leadership group we have to get the players together and we have to change our focus to tomorrow’s game.” Eidevall’s final game was the 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea on Saturday, where his side were booed by the Emirates Stadium crowd after going two goals down in the 16th minute. Arsenal have finished third in the last two WSL campaigns, after finishing second in Eidevall’s first season at the helm, and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2022-23.