Chelsea's manager, Sonia Bompastor, reveals that she has been in a relationship with her assistant coach for 13 years, since the winner of the Champions League opens to maintain the 'heavy secret' in the new autobiography

Chelsea chief coach, Sonia Bompastor, has revealed that she has had a 13 -year -old romantic relationship with her former teammate and training assistant on the female side in her new autobiography.

Bompastor arrived in Cobham in a wave in advance this summer after the departure of the former manager very decorated Emma Hayes, bringing with him a strong winner of the Champions League of her period in Olympique Lyon, and her training partner Camille Abily.

Both bomastor and Abily played together in the French giants during their career before establishing themselves as a managerial team, with a boompastor taking the lead and supervising the brilliant period in Lyon with three league titles, the France Coupe and a trophy of the league of the league of Champions

But in his autobiography, a football life, published in France on Wednesday, Bompastor shared that he had achieved his achievements with Abily by his side romantically and professionally.

The memory also reveals that the couple shares four children together, now with ages between three and nine years.

In an interview with The team Before the date of publication of the book, Bompastor admitted that his secret had been 'heavy' to maintain.

Sonia Bompastor (right) and her partner Camille Abily (left) have opened in their 13 -year secret relationship

Chelsea chief coach published romantic revelation in his autobiography this week

“Revealing my life along with Camille, our partner, then, as I say in the book, these thirteen years of lying, it is still an issue in which today we are not completely comfortable,” Bompastor said. 'We are quite discreet and we like to have a completely normal life.

'Finally, we realized that having lied for thirteen years is a strong secret to maintain. With retrospective and our different experiences, we tell ourselves that we should have revealed it from the beginning.

Abily, who was also interviewed, shared that the decision to maintain his relationship discreetly had something to do with his public profile at the beginning.

Both boompastor and Abily appeared in Montpellier before moving to Lyon as players, starring a team that conquered everything that received six league titles.

The couple also represented International France, with a boompastor winning 156 and 170 caps of 170 respectively.

“There is modesty, self -acceptance,” Abily added. 'Then, we were still two well -known players. We were already associated a lot in many things.

'These are not issues that I necessarily like to discuss. I think it is already a self -acceptance. Everyone around us, our children, know, no problem. But I will not be the first to tell someone who does not know. And yet we were very lucky, it was very good. '

Both Abily (down the second to the left) as a boompastor (down to the right) played together for France and Olympique Lyon before transfer to training

Bompastor has started running in Stamford Bridge with his blues yet to lose a game

In Chelsea this season, Bompastor and Abily have been based on the successful legacy of Chelsea under Hayes and seek of maiden for blues.

Bompastor and Abily will challenge for their first trophy in the colors of Chelsea at the beginning of next month when they play in Manchester City in the final of the League Cup.

But at work, Bompastor emphasized, the lines are never blurred.

“Camille is not my wife at work,” he continued. 'Camille is my duo, my partner. We know each other very well, we complement ourselves very well in qualities that, as a result, we are very effective in what we do. ''