The Chelsea skipper sat down with host Caz De Moraes to share her experiences in the women's game and many of her favourite memories in blue.

Bright covered a wide range of topics, including how the sport has changed beyond recognition during her football journey, from her first experiences playing as a nine-year-old at grass-roots level to winning Euro 2022 with England and the subsequent impact.

The Blues defender also discusses how grateful those within the current squad are to Hayes, who will depart at the end of the season after 12 trophy-laden years with Chelsea.

Describing Hayes as a 'life coach, mentor, manager and someone who looks out for her,' Bright reveals what the Blues boss is like to deal with on a day-to-day basis.

‘She’s just so funny without trying to be funny. Em is so down to earth, she is just such a normal person. I mean with all her success, she’s an absolute icon in football, not just the women’s game.

‘And she’s an absolute legend at the club, but just so down to earth and so funny. There are times when we joke and I’ll just be like, ‘Emma you’ve got press, have you done your hair?’ Because she’s so focused on football all the time, we kill her every day for it.

'But honestly, she’s just an amazing person, she makes everyone feel so comfortable. If you’ve got a baby or... she'll bring Harry [Hayes' son] in and she has really created a family here.

'So that is why we can say that [joke with her]. She gives it back though. She gives as good as she gets, but she is a joker for sure.'

As well as talking through her decade at Chelsea, Bright also reflected on the seismic international achievement of winning the European Championships with her country in 2022.

She believes that moment, more than any other, will pave the way for future generations in England.

'The amount of changes that came after that [winning Euro 2022], the amount of messages that us as players got. There were so many people messaging me saying, ‘My daughter wants to take part now and she’s signed for a local team’. There were so many messages like that and that is what we want.

‘We want people to have the confidence to then go and try it. We came out from the Euros into a whole different world. So it was hard to adapt. But football is powerful, the change you can make is big. You can influence people in such a good way.

'We want to give everyone an opportunity to be who they want to be. You need to see it to believe it. Once you’ve done that you can dream it.

'But it is hard to tell people they can do something and go on and be something. If it’s never visible and they can’t see it… that was the problem when we were growing up. It just wasn’t there.

‘That’s why it's so important to be successful. We want to be successful of course but it is also to show that it can happen. With that comes change.

‘It shouldn’t always have to be a fight for silverware before something changes. However, that is the situation that we’re in, but hopefully, the next generation aren’t in that situation. That’s our ultimate goal.’

The full episode with Millie is out now – and is the perfect listening for Blues ahead of Tuesday night's Champions League quarter-final first leg away at Ajax.

In case you missed it, Erin Cuthbert and Guro Reiten featured on the first episode released last week, just before our huge WSL win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.

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