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Willie Kirk pauses for thought when asked how his first three months as Leicester City Women manager have gone.

"I've loved it from the first minute… but if it had been purely left up to me, I'd have not taken the job."

It is a frank assessment from the Scot, who stepped in to replace Lydia Bedford at the helm at the start of November. He was four months into a role as the club's first director of football, having been sacked by Everton the previous October.