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The woman waking up the football world: Chelsea boss Emma Hayes seeks to eclipse Pep Guardiola and her father's hero, Brian Clough, by winning the quadruple

IT was back in February when Emma Hayes was asked if she was interested in taking up the newly vacant job at AFC Wimbledon.

Did the Chelsea Women’s boss want to become the first female manager in the men’s game?

Or, to put it another way, did she fancy giving up her job in charge of the best women’s team in the country, coaching the finest players, winning titles and making history for a shot at keeping a club on a run of nine straight home defeats in League One.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes (above) has often been dubbed u2018the female Brian Cloughu2019

The answer, you might not be shocked to find out, was no.