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Celtic boss Elena Sadiku addresses Caitlin Hayes fallout talk ahead of Chelsea Champions League clash
Celtic manager Elena Sadiku says Caitlin Hayes was merely “rested” amid rumours of a falling out within the side.
Celtic host Chelsea, featuring Scotland's Erin Cuthbert, in a massive Women’s Champions League clash on Wednesday night at Celtic Park but in the club’s last two matches, the Republic of Ireland international was left out of Sadiku’s entirely when they faced Queen’s Park and Glasgow City. It has been rumoured that Hayes’ absence from the side was due to behind-the-scenes disagreements with her manager, with the players not present at New Douglas Park for the victories, with the player supposedly receiving any internal suspension.
However, the Swedish boss has now extinguished any rumours and insists there was no formal, or indeed informal, punishment or suspension and that the defender was simply rested. Sadiku said: “I think my answer has always been that she has been resting and that is the same answer that I am going to give you because she has not been suspended. I think you can trust me when I say she has not been suspended. She has been rested.”
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“I mean, like, if that is a reason she is being rested then there is a reason but that is something I don’t want to talk about. But she has been resting. She is back and she has been training so there is no issues with that.
“She has been back in training, everything is fine. She has been resting. Yes [she is in the squad]. She has been resting and now she is back. There is nothing else to talk about.”
The Celtic boss also called on the fans to come out in their numbers to back the side at Celtic Park for their clash with Chelsea.
“I want as many as possible,” she said. “What we have done so far is an amazing achievement for the club and for the players and I want the players to get the best atmosphere possible so they enjoy the moment and get that extra energy. It helps them perform the best football they can do because they deserve it.
“There are eight teams in total who have both a men’s and a women’s team in the Champions League and that is very special. We are talking about big clubs like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid…not even Chelsea.
“Celtic is part of that and, for me, if you are a Celtic fan you should support the big history we are creating as a club. These girls deserve the best possible support. For them I would like 40,000 – I am aiming big! But I would like as many as possible into the ground. The girls have done so well and I would like them to have the support that they deserve.
On the challenge Chelsea will pose her side, she added: “This experience has taught us that this is just a normal game.
“The occasion is huge but we still need to do what we can do which is playing football the way we play. We knew it would be tough but we are going to learn, we are going to grow and we are going to get stronger as a team from playing here.”
