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Leicester City manager Willie Kirk will not be on the touchline for Saturday’s Women’s FA Cup quarter-final at Liverpool because he is “assisting the club with an internal process”.
Kirk, 45, joined the Women’s Super League club in the summer of 2022, initially as a director of football before succeeding Lydia Bedford as boss that November.
“Willie Kirk is assisting the club with an internal process, the outcomes of which will be determined in due course,” said a club spokesperson.
“Assistant manager Jennifer Foster and first-team coach Stephen Kirby will take charge of the team for Saturday’s Women’s FA Cup tie at Liverpool.”
Kirk’s career in women’s football has seen him manage Hibernian and Bristol City, before spending time on Manchester United’s coaching staff.
The Scot then took charge of Everton in December 2018 and in just under three years with the Toffees he helped them reach the Women’s FA Cup final in 2020.
Last season he guided Leicester from the bottom of the WSL to safety and they are currently seventh in the table.
