Bompastor spent eight years in charge of the Lyon academy before stepping up to become boss of the first team in 2021. There she stayed another three years until she made the move to England in 2024.

The France legend explains she has been through a tough process on the way to achieving a league and cup double, as well as potentially adding a third trophy - the Women's FA Cup - before the end of the campaign.

'I would say it was a tough season, even if everyone thinks it was easy for us,' Bompastor explains. 'It was tough because when you come in as a new manager with a language barrier, it's never easy. I think from my first press conference to this one today, I have made a lot of improvement.

'Every day with a language barrier, you have to make sure you get everything right. But also it’s been a transition period for the club. Maybe people think the transition was easy because we managed to win the league title.

'But Emma [Hayes] left, and she was the manager for 12 years at this club. She left with some great people in her staff and we had to build everything again. So I want to thank Paul Green because he did a wonderful job in making sure he brought in the right people and that this transitional period was a good one.

'I remember all the time I spent with all the staff making sure they understood my game model, how I wanted to work every day in the building, what type of environment I wanted and that takes a lot of time and energy.'

Even with such meticulous advanced planning, a league season always throws out some curveballs.

Having already prepared to face four games against Manchester City's Gareth Taylor, Bompastor had to swiftly change direction when he was unexpectedly replaced by Nick Cushing, and it wasn't the only occasion.

'I remember playing teams where they changed their manager shortly before we faced them,' she continued. 'We had to watch multiple games to make sure we were ready to perform against them. When Nick Cushing came in before the four games against Man City, I remember I told all my analysts and technical staff that we needed to share all the games from when he was the New York manager.

'We watched so many games from when he was there to make sure we were prepared going into those matches. I remember also when Arsenal changed their manager. Renee Slegers came in and didn't change a lot in terms of philosophy, but it's always something different.

'Actually it was a lot of work. But yeah, now I can say, I'm really proud of all my staff, all my players, because internally it was not that easy.'

It has been a transitional season for Chelsea and Bompastor. Considering the boss has managed to win trophies regardless of those challenges, the future looks bright.

The boss was keen to look forward, but also reflected on some of her favourite moments from this season.

'I still think this first season has been incredible, but we still have a lot of room for improvement. The future is really positive.

'I would say maybe the first one [best moment] was when we were able to beat Arsenal away at the Emirates Stadium. It was something really great in terms of performance and confidence from my team, because I remember before the game, some of our players were mentioning the fact it has been a long time since we had beaten Arsenal at the Emirates.

'I was lik,: ‘Yeah, I don't care. I'm new and that's not the case for me. So we’ll just go into the game and we are going to win'. I was trying to give them the confidence they needed.

'It was also special when we faced Man City four times and at the end of it, we were able to get good results from those four games. And in terms of sharing emotions with our fans, the game we played against Man City in the Champions League at Stamford Bridge, was really great.'

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