LONDON — A damaging five days for former Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall began with a 5-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Women’s Champions League on Wednesday and ended with the Swede offering his resignation on Monday after the 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the Women’s Super League (WSL).
While the club did not play badly in either game, the writing was on the wall. Literally. A large piece of “JONAS OUT” graffiti had been sprayed in white on the brick wall opposite the Emirates Stadium ahead of the Chelsea game, signalling that not only has women’s football risen in profile — such outcries are usually reserved for the men’s game — but also that the fans’ faith in their manager had reached breaking point after a poor start to the season.
Resentment had been steadily building ahead of the 5-2 humbling as the Gunners picked up just one win from their first three WSL games, with some fans seen at the Chelsea fixture waving fake P45 letters, the kind given to people who are made redundant. Consecutive losses raised the volume of distaste to new heights, and when it permeated among his players, something had to give.
Multiple sources told ESPN that Eidevall had lost the dressing room off the back of those two defeats. A source said that…
