Four years into the England job, and on the eve of her third major tournament in charge of the Lionesses, Sarina Wiegman reflects on how her role has changed, and how it has changed her. "My approach is the same. I just worry a little bit less,” Wiegman says, appearing relaxed and in a typically open and honest mood at England’s Euro 2025 base camp at the five-star Dolder Grand hotel, perched like a medieval castle above Lake Zurich in Switzerland.
There is some laughter as Wiegman explains how Sunday roasts and chicken tikka masala have become two of her favourites since being appointed England manager in 2021, while the 55-year-old has also enjoyed embracing the appetite for sport in England. “It's such a massive sport culture,” she says, “and in the Netherlands, but here, at every corner, the whole day on TV, for example, there's sports. There's either football or there's rugby or there's cricket. And if that's not there, then there's something else.”
