Emma Hayes might rate her Olympic gold medal win over any title win in Chelsea. She might say she is better off coaching a soccer team in the United States. However, that doesn’t stop the Londoner from being concerned about the Chelsea women’s team. Known for her hot takes, Hayes recently revealed how a women’s club, linked to a men’s team, is likely to suffer the most if the parent club takes a hit. Like most soccer enthusiasts, she also thinks that her former team would pay for the men’s team’s failure to meet Financial Fairplay norms.

During a recent conversation, coach Hayes was asked to comment on the plight of women’s teams owned by a men’s club. The USWNT coach began by stating that women’s teams won’t necessarily suffer if their parent club hits a bump. “I think it will evolve into some chaos. I think part of financial fair play or whatever you want to call it. You might very well see women’s teams being sold off,” said Emma Hayes during her recent appearance on the Sports Agents podcast.

Thereafter, the 47-year-old manager said such chaos would demand new investors to uplift women’s clubs. Hayes even believes that only a different kind of investment model would save women’s clubs in such cases. Anyhow, since Emma Hayes has mentioned the probability of a team like Chelsea Women’s getting sold off, let’s explore what happened with the men’s club regarding the FFP breach.

UEFA’s rumored move means more bad news for Chelsea, as Emma Hayes worries about a club sale

Chelsea men’s team’s mammoth spending is one of the bizarre storylines soccer has seen lately. It spent more than a billion within three seasons and has come under scrutiny for breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules. However, Emma Hayes’ former parent club ducked the FFP breach in the PL by selling some of their hotels to register better profits. Nevertheless, the PL giant won’t probably escape the wrath of the UEFA.

Certain rumors have it that the European federation would bar Chelsea from playing in the next year’s UEFA Champions League and other UEFA competitions. Unlike the PL, the UEFA does not consider hotel sales as a part of the club’s profit margin. That’s exactly what Hayes said. Chelsea has begun its uncanny tryst with chaos. Only time will tell if Chelsea Women’s will take the worst hit out of the FFP chaos.

Anyhow, unlike many European teams, an NWSL team or any other women’s team won’t suffer the same way in the US. For starters, the NWSL has no affiliation to the MLS. This independent existence will indeed ensure longevity for women’s teams in America. And that would perhaps be one of the many reasons why Hayes loves dedicating herself to the women’s game in America.