Sarina Wiegman has acknowledged that the England captain, Steph Houghton, is in a race to be fit for the European Championship finals this summer.
“It’s going to be very tight,” the England manager said as she named a 24-strong squad for the World Cup qualifiers against North Macedonia in Skopje and Northern Ireland in Belfast next month. “She’s had a tremendous CV with us so I hope she’ll make it but first of all she needs to start training again.”