{"id":603259,"date":"2021-10-29T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T17:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=603259"},"modified":"2021-10-29T13:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T17:12:31","slug":"jean-luc-vasseur-everton-women-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/29\/jean-luc-vasseur-everton-women-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Luc Vasseur Appointed as New Everton Women Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Luc Vasseur has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to become the new Everton Women manager.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old replaces former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/14\/manchester-united-marcus-rashford-return\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> Women assistant manager Willie Kirk in the post.<\/p>\n<h2>Jean-Luc Vasseur Becomes New Everton Women Manager<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f | We are delighted to have appointed Jean-Luc Vasseur as our new manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal until June 2024.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#EFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd35<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Everton Women (@EvertonWomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvertonWomen\/status\/1454131187098783746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Jean-Luc Vasseur Back in the Game Following Lyon Sacking<\/h3>\n<p>The French coach was sacked by Lyon Feminin in April 2021 after a trophyless campaign. His first season in charge of a team that has become a giant of the women&#8217;s game was different though, winning the league title, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/14\/chelsea-women-edge-out-juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a>, Trophee des Championnes and the Coupe de France.<\/p>\n<p>Vasseur previously held roles in the men&#8217;s game, leading <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/05\/paris-saint-germain-mbappe-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> at youth level, Creteil, Reims, Paris FC and Chateauroux.<\/p>\n<p>In his playing days, he was a midfielder with most of his appearances coming for Rennes.<\/p>\n<h3>The Task at Hand for New Everton Women Manager<\/h3>\n<p>In taking over at Everton Women, Vasseur will lead a club that saw their expectations rise over the summer. Having operated rather shrewdly in the transfer market, their start to the season was not as expected.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy defeats to Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City &#8211; all teams they&#8217;d hoped to challenge for the Champions League places &#8211; were not helpful and led to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/16\/everton-women-willie-kirk-leaves\/\" target=\"_self\">Willie Kirk leaving the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His first game in charge of The Toffees will be a trip to Leicester City in the Continental Cup on November 3, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Three days later, Everton host Brighton &amp; Hove Albion in the Women&#8217;s Super League.<\/p>\n<p>The task at hand is not a daunting one for Jean-Luc Vasseur. After all, Everton have played just five games this season so far, winning two of them and the other three were against last season&#8217;s top three, so it&#8217;s going to get easier.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues sit in eighth place in the table, nine points off top and six off the Champions League spots.<\/p>\n<h3>Champions League Ambitions<\/h3>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evertonfc.com\/news\/2313739\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with evertontv<\/a>, Jean-Luc Vasseur said: &#8220;It&#8217;s an honour to be here at Everton, which is such a famous club in England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke with Sarvar Ismailov (sporting and commercial director) and he told me this is a big club with a big history and an amazing future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve come here to write new history with Everton and to win titles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a lot of talent and resources so I think there is good capacity to improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have the ambition to build a team that can achieve Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to be patient and fight to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Perfect Candidate for Everton Women Manager Role<\/h3>\n<p>Everton Women sporting and commercial director Sarvar Ismailov added: &#8220;He is a perfect candidate for us. He has worked in women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s football and has been successful in both. He has a great knowledge of the game and vast experience in different types of environments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wanted a proven winner and he has won numerous titles. We also wanted someone with DNA which matches our club&#8217;s &#8211; someone with an attacking vision, who fights until the end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is determined to improve everyone and he is ambitious. Those are the main characteristics we were looking for and Jean-Luc ticked all the boxes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Things are a lot clearer for Everton fans now as they look to get their season up and running following Willie Kirk&#8217;s exit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"hlEYLKVmRZlHObiziVgw7w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1230014423\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hlEYLKVmRZlHObiziVgw7w',sig:'fPqg9IwewUO8B-hbs2T8wX94kR0z5VsVCC6kJ7DwhR4=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1230014423',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Luc Vasseur has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract to become the new Everton Women manager. The 52-year-old replaces former Manchester United Women assistant manager Willie Kirk in the post. 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