Leicester sack women’s boss for breaching ‘code of conduct’

Leicester City supervisor Willie Kirk has been dismissed from his place after an inside disciplinary course of discovered he had breached the crew’s code of conduct, the Women’s Super League (WSL) membership announced Thursday.

Kirk had been suspended earlier this month, with The Guardian reporting that he was being investigated for an alleged relationship with one of his squad members.

“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,” Leicester stated in a press release.

Kirk was absent from the crew’s 2-0 win over Liverpool on March 9 that earned them a spot within the FA Cup semifinals. Assistant Jennifer Foster and first-team coach Stephen Kirby have shared caretaker duties. The Foxes have since misplaced the 2 league video games they’ve performed.

Leicester City confirmed that first-team duties will proceed to be led by Foster, supported by Kirby, whereas the membership search for a brand new everlasting supervisor.