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Manager Willie Kirk was sacked by Leicester City in March after admitting to having a relationship with a player at the club. He was dismissed after a three-week investigation with a subsequent appeal proving unsuccessful.
Why did Leicester take this course of action?
Kirk has admitted to having the affair and hoped his honesty and co-operation would give him some leniency. However, Leicester felt his behaviour had “breached the team’s code of conduct to a degree that makes his position untenable.”
The full club statement read: “Leicester City Football Club can confirm that Willie Kirk has been dismissed from his position as LCFC Women Manager.
“Following an extensive internal disciplinary process and respecting the club’s obligations to individual privacy, Willie was determined to have breached the team’s code of conduct to a degree that makes his position untenable.
“Established and implemented ahead of the start of the current season, the code forms part of the club’s ongoing commitment to professionalising the women’s game since the takeover of LCFC Women in 2020, promoting a performance-led culture among players, coaches and technical staff.”
What did Kirk say in response?
He told the Daily Mail: “First of all, me and my wife have been separated for over a year. I think people just now are going ‘he’s a bad coach, he’s a bad husband, he’s a bad human.’
“From admitting it, I was treated and felt like a criminal. I feel the club could have dealt with it better. I felt there was a lack of consistency with previous investigations.
“It’s on me, it’s my fault, I should never have gone through with anything. There is a code of conduct, I was involved with putting it in place, I was certainly involved with living by it on a day-to-day basis and trying to drive our standards, so it is absolutely ridiculous that I’m the one that’s broken it.
“I think the way it was dealt with created a lot of uncertainty and…
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Author : Jon Fisher
Publish date : 2024-05-13 13:27:32
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