Jonas Eidevall insists that there is no regret for leaving Arsenal and handling the unpopular and controversial departure of Vivianne Miedema last summer.
The Swede initially took over the crowds in the summer of 2021. After a successful magic in his homeland with Rosengard. He won the Women’s League twice during his term, beating Emma Hayes’ Chelsea In the finals 2023 and 2024.
However, the beginning of this season did not go to the plan. Arsenal Won only four from nine games in all competitions in the opening week of the campaign, and only one of them came to WSL.
On the back of a gloomy defeat to Bayern from Munich in the group stage of the Champions League and the home loss of WSL against Chelsea, Eidevall moved away from his role in early October. He was temporarily replaced by Assistant Renee Slegers, before he had rendered her role in January in January.
The 42-year-old, who is now trained in NWSL with San Diego Wave, admitted that he was a difficult decision to leave, but thought he needed to do so in circumstances.
“I thought it was easiest to repair quickly at the moment here to deviate,” he said in an interview BBC Sport. “It was extremely difficult, both for me personally – of course, my family – but also professionally.
“The privilege is to run a club like Arsenal. It is very special when you are there, so it’s an extremely difficult decision.”
Apart from Bayern and Chelsea’s tumultuous week, the breakup of Eidevall and Arsenal fans has already begun at the end of last season. Invitation not to expand the contract Vivianne Miedema, with the attacker now playing for WSL rivals Manchester CityHe met with extreme dissatisfaction with supporters.
Eidevall has since shared that the decision was made because they had a budget for extension of Miedema or signs Spanish International Marion Caldentey for free transfer from Barcelona. Deciding on the latter, she insists that there is no regret for release Miedema.
“No. I think you always make the best decisions you can make for the club at that moment with information you know,” he explained.
“You cannot review decisions based on new information you couldn’t know at the time. This is not a useful way of thinking about life. So no regret.
“I think that decision was a big role in my relationship with supporters [deteriorating]. I never made any decision to like it. I always made decisions because I felt they were the best for the club and for that. “
Eidevall was named the main coach of San Diego in January and is now preparing for his first season working in NWSL. Earlier managed Casey Stoney, Val finished 10th in the 2024 league and failed to qualify for the play-off.
Former Arsenal chief will have the task of bringing back his place at the top of the table, and their first fixer will take place this weekend at Angel City FC.
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