W 'ith England having secured their place at Women's Euro 2025, what could the defending champions' preferred lineup look like in 12 months' time? Sarina Wiegman put faith in the same XI for both challenging away fixtures this summer, in France and Sweden, and their return of four points, enough to secure automatic qualification, seemingly vindicated her selections.
There is one major caveat, which is that Lauren James has been absent with injury but, that aside, we saw in Gothenburg on Tuesday a major indicator of what Wiegman feels is her strongest side.
Seven England players can consider themselves very likely to be part of Wiegman's first-choice team next July: the right-back Lucy Bronze, the centre-back pairing of Millie Bright and Leah Williamson, the central midfielders Keira Walsh and Georgia Stanway, the left winger Lauren Hemp and the central striker Alessia Russo.
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