Eni Aluko still remembers the start of Chelsea’s journey under Emma Hayes. It was just four months after Hayes had replaced Matt Beard that Aluko returned to west London in December 2012. “I remember arriving at Chelsea in 2012, the club was still in the foundation stage,” Aluko recalls. “We didn’t have bibs and balls and water bottles and it was kind of an after thought.
Nine years on, the Blues become just the second English team to compete in a Women’s Champions League final as they take on Barcelona. “I think that’s what makes the journey so special,” she says. “Emma came in as a real visionary having had experience at Arsenal and in America, and she really set in motion a long-term vision for the club that she knew would take a bit of
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