With just a few weeks to go before Sarina Wiegman names her squad for this summer’s Women’s World Cup, time is running out for players to prove they deserve a seat on the plane to Australia and New Zealand.
But, while the Lionesses will be among the favourites heading into the tournament, a deluge of injuries to key players in recent months means their hopes of taking home the biggest prize in world football are perhaps slightly more brittle than they were in the aftermath of last year’s historic Euro 2022 victory.
With that in mind, Mirror Football has taken a look at where every player that featured in England’s starting XI against Germany is now, and whether they’ll be in contention to feature for the Lionesses in their World Cup opener against Haiti on July 22.
