Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall criticises ‘amateurish’ handling of Chelsea and Man United fixture problem

Jonas Eidevall deed retired astatine Women’s Super League chiefs for “having nary program B” for Champions League and WSL fixture congestion.

The Arsenal main criticised the “amateurish” scheduling that led to Chelsea having a top-flight crippled pencilled successful 2 days earlier a lucifer Europe.

Eidevall was reflecting connected script that led to the Blues’ location duel with the Red Devils, initially scheduled for Sunday, being shelved with conscionable 7 days’ notice.

This was down to subordinate payment worries with the title-holders having a Champions League clash with Real Madrid conscionable 2 days aft their United game.

The calling disconnected the lucifer by Women's Professional League Limited, who took implicit moving the WSL astatine the commencement of the season, has been criticised by fans including the Chelsea Women's Supporters Group.

Earlier this week Man United brag Marc Skinner said the Red Devils had sold each their distant tickets for the clash.

However immoderate fans were besides sympathetic to the Blues concern and the nine looking retired for players’ wellbeing, fixed the choky turnaround betwixt the games.

Eidevall, whose Arsenal squad big Everton connected the WSL connected Sunday, said: "The fans are the backbone to what we're trying to build.

"Getting postponed games arsenic supporters - this clip it doesn't concern Arsenal fans - but it does concern fans of different clubs successful the league.

"It is simply unacceptable to person people's wealth and clip being treated successful that mode beforehand and it's simply not bully capable from the league.

"The 3 English teams (competing successful the Champions League) were each scheduled to play (WSL games) connected Sunday with each having a 50% accidental to play their (European) crippled connected Tuesday.

"That has been the accusation that's been determination for months.

"That we person a pb organisation that doesn't enactment proactively connected these matters - it's damaging for the fans.

"The occupation is the proactiveness astir what you bash and to person a program for erstwhile antithetic scenarios travel about. 

"There was a hazard oregon accidental to beryllium playing connected Tuesday, which would regularisation retired the anticipation to play your crippled connected Sunday.

"Now, if you person that caller readying scenario, of people present you request to person a program B. What happens if you play connected Tuesday? 

"And if you don't person a wide reply to that, you person a problem."

Last Sunday successful their crippled postponement statement, the WPLL said they wished to enactment “player payment first” with the WSL leaders playing a Champions League game adjacent Tuesday.

Last Saturday Uefa confirmed the day for the Blues' opening radical signifier crippled (against Real Madrid) would beryllium Tuesday 8 October.

Amid interest implicit players having to contention 2 matches successful 48 hours, the Chelsea and WPLL asked Uefa if the fixture could beryllium pushed back.

However the European shot authorization explained its calendar for the contention had been published much than a twelvemonth ago.

Eidevall added: "Do the league privation the English club teams to beryllium palmy astatine European level?

"I would anticipation the reply to that is 'yes', but the enactment shows differently.

"It shows that this is not 1 of their priorities to person the nine teams to beryllium successful.

"That is very negative for English women's nine shot due to the fact that it's precise important that this is the archetypal clip successful the radical signifier that 3 teams scope the radical stage. 

"That should beryllium thing that we celebrate.

"Because of this amateurish behaviour - with not having a proactive program and taking distant a crippled similar Chelsea's and postponing that - it present puts america successful a concern wherever we play Sunday.

“Then we play Wednesday distant against Bayern Munich.

"They bash not play (this) Sunday due to the fact that they of people play (on) Saturday due to the fact that they person a league organisation that sees the worth of getting their top teams successful amended positions successful the Champions League.

 "Then we instrumentality to playing Saturday against Chelsea astatine the Emirates and we have considerably little preparations than the opponents.

“We'll beryllium handling this sporting disadvantage in 2 immense games for us."