Chelsea coach Emma Hayes is to leave the club at the end of the Women's Super League season "to pursue a new opportunity outside the WSL and club football", the club announced in a statement following a 6-0 thrashing of Aston Villa on Saturday.
Hayes, who joined the club in 2012, has won the WSL title six times and the FA Cup five times in a glittering tenure that has seen her establish Chelsea as one of Europe's top teams.