Mary Earps believes the Lionesses will benefit from exposure to European football’s finest as they look to land the biggest prize of all.
The keeper, voted the world’s best by FIFA at a glittering awards ceremony four months ago, says the fact that Lucy Bronze, Keira Walsh and Georgia Stanway are now competing strongly for the Champions League will add the X-factor ahead of next month’s World Cup.
In fact, Bronze and Walsh are fresh from winning the competition following a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg and Stanway’s Bayern Munich were knocked out in the last eight by Arsenal.
