Hayes additionally mentioned she is wanting ahead to testing herself in opposition to England supervisor Sarina Wiegman for the primary time.
“I am wanting ahead to seeing Sarina. I like Sarina,” she advised BBC Sport’s Jo Currie.
“We had a terrific relationship after I was at Chelsea. She’s somebody I actually look as much as, and somebody who’s finished a tremendous job for soccer on this nation and for the Lionesses. So I sit up for giving her a hug on Saturday and saying ‘hello’.”
Hayes additionally spoke in assist of one other of her former Chelsea gamers, Sam Kerr, who lately introduced she is anticipating her first baby together with her companion, West Ham and USA midfielder Kristie Mewis.
Kerr and Mewis have been abused on social media following their announcement, with Chelsea deleting a congratulatory put up due to homophobic feedback.
“I believe Sam’s going to be a tremendous mum,” mentioned Hayes. “When Harry [Hayes’ son] used to come back to the coaching floor, he all the time gravitated in the direction of Sam together with her pure heat.
“It isn’t stunning to listen to the abuse they suffered, however I do know she’s powerful sufficient to maneuver previous that and she or he’s not somebody who expects a straightforward trip with something. I simply suppose, for these of us within the girls’s sport, we have simply come to anticipate that.
“It would not make it proper, and it’s unacceptable, however one the place I do know Sam will handle that and put all her vitality into ensuring her and Kristie hopefully undergo the being pregnant with no hassle and convey their child into the world.”