NWSL coach Nick Cushing is not in the running to become the Arsenal women’s new head coach. Jonas Eidevall, a few weeks ago, resigned from his position as the Arsenal women’s manager following a poor start to the new season and ultimately the team’s 2-1 defeat to Chelsea. Mounting pressure from the club to sack him, given the disappointing start to the season by the Gunner women, prompted his decision to step down.
For the past few weeks, Eidevall’s assistant, Renee Slegers, has been overseeing the women’s team in an interim capacity. Meanwhile, there have been indications that the decision-makers at Arsenal are actively working behind the scenes to secure the next permanent manager.
Nick Cushing, the coach of the New York City FC and a former coach of the Manchester City women, emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Eidevall recently. However, Roberto Abramowitz has dispelled the rumor, revealing that Cushing has assured him of staying with New York City for the upcoming season and has not had any discussions with Arsenal about their managerial search.
The New York based sports journalist tweeted, “Nick Cushing just “confirmed” to me in his press conference that he will be with New York City FC next year. And that there has been no contact from Arsenal about their women’s team.”
Nick Cushing just “confirmed” to me in his press conference that he will be with @newyorkcityfc next year. And that there has been no contact from #Arsenal about their women’s team. #DaleNewYork
— Roberto Abramowitz (@RobAbramowitz) November 7, 2024
If Arsenal has not reached out to Cushing regarding the managerial vacancy for their women’s team, it raises intriguing questions about which managers are being considered and the accuracy of the rumors circulating. Mystery surrounds the search for a new manager for the Arsenal women’s team, but one can only hope that the eventual choice will be well worth it.
That said, let’s also hope that Renee Slegers, who has been performing exceptionally well, as the interim manager, will be considered for a permanent role, as she consistently demonstrates her capabilities game after game. With Arsenal’s 5-0 win over Brighton last night, at the Emirates Stadium, Slegers has kept that unbeaten streak since the exit if Eidevall.
Gooners seem very happy with Renee Slegers at the helm – I hear fans are even thinking up a special song for her!
COYGW!!
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yes of course she should, she deserves it, she should have an appropriate reward, she has total merit, she has the support of the team, she wins games by her decisions, she thinks about clinical attacks, set pieces, defences, etc., she appreciates our squad and uses them well, (except she needs to bring in Katie Reid more imho), and it s good to have a woman in charge ! last week i rated her 9 out of 10, after the Brighton game she s on the verge of 10 out of 10 in my book …some ppl, who i respect, say no, we must have an established permanent manager, but i ask who is better than a winning manager ? one word of caution, if there s ever any kind of blip downwards in future, and it will surely come one day, remember how she rescued us from a deep dark hole over the last 5 games…be prepared to cut her slack …please be fair to her
here s a special song lyric for her …if it helps …lol
”don t walk away Renee
you won t see us win more if you do
we ll write your name high on our annals of fame
please win every game”
Why not?
Who else can guarantee us the exceptional performances put in by Renee so far?