Josh Kroenke explains major Arsenal managerial decision
Arsenal have confirmed that Renee Slegers is the new permanent head coach of the club's women's team.
Slegers has been in caretaker charge of the side since Jonas Eidevall left the club in October. Slegers had led the Gunners to 10 wins out of 11 matches in interim charge and will now take the role permanently, with the Women's Super League season to start up again this weekend.
Explaining the decision to appoint Slegers, co-chairman Josh Kroenke said: "We’re delighted to announce that Renée has become the new head coach of our women’s first team on a permanent basis. We’ve all been incredibly impressed by the way Renée has led the team since October, nurturing a great collective spirit across the group and instilling belief in what we do and what we want to achieve – to win trophies and drive women’s football forward together.
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"Now we look forward with positivity to a big second half to the season and beyond, with the whole club including our supporters right behind Renée and the team."
Slegers aditted that she was honoured to take the role. Speaking after being confirmed, she said: "I’m so excited to be continuing our journey together. It’s a wonderful honour to represent this club as head coach and I have so much belief in what we can all achieve together.
"Over the past few months, I’ve felt such a powerful sense of collective ownership and responsibility across our players and staff – that has been our strength and I know we will make sure we drive and nurture this feeling as we all move forward.
"It has meant the world to me to feel the closeness and passion of our supporters during this process, and I want to thank you all for that. We want to deliver something beautiful that’s inspiring and leads to winning trophies. We all have a big part to play in achieving that.”
