Sarina Wiegman: FA says any approaches would be '100% rejected'

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Any approaches for England manager Sarina Wiegman would beryllium "100% rejected", says Football Association main enforcement Mark Bullingham.

Wiegman, appointed successful 2021, has led England to the Women's World Cup last a twelvemonth aft they won Euro 2022.

She is the archetypal manager to instrumentality 2 countries to a World Cup final, having led the Netherlands determination successful 2019.

"It is not astir money. We are precise blessed with her and consciousness she is happy," Bullingham said.

USA manager Vlatko Andonovski is acceptable to measurement down pursuing their last-16 exit from the World Cup, with Wiegman listed arsenic a imaginable campaigner to regenerate him.

"We've seen tons of rumours, and she is simply a peculiar endowment - we cognize that. From our side, she's contracted done until 2025," said Bullingham.

"She's doing a large job. We're evidently immense supporters of her and hopefully she feels the aforesaid way. She's idiosyncratic we'd similar to person with america for a precise agelong time."

England conscionable Spain successful the last astatine Stadium Australia successful Sydney connected Sunday astatine 11:00 BST, a lucifer which volition beryllium shown unrecorded connected the BBC.

Asked whether determination had been discussions with Wiegman implicit a caller contract, Bullingham said: "We've ever said we'd get to it aft a tournament. We had bully conversations aft the Euros.

"There volition beryllium an due clip to bash it. We've got a spot of time. She'll privation to person a decent vacation aft this."

Progress made connected plans for Wiegman statue

FA women's method manager Kay Cossington said Wiegman and adjunct manager Arjan Veurink person had "a fantastic impact" and person "embraced the England DNA crossed each of our teams".

Plans to physique a statue of Wiegman extracurricular Wembley Stadium person been looked astatine by the FA and Brent Council since England's European triumph.

"We've made advancement connected that and it would beryllium close to person thing to commemorate that occurrence extracurricular Wembley. It's much the full team," said Bullingham.

"You person to spell done assorted permissions - we've gone done that. The adjacent signifier is moving connected the design."

Bullingham went connected to accidental Wiegman "could bash thing she wants successful football" erstwhile pressed if she could perchance instrumentality implicit from men's brag Gareth Southgate.

"Firstly, I deliberation it's a spot disrespectful to the Lionesses to task it arsenic a measurement up," said Bullingham.

"People ever accidental it is 'the champion antheral for the job'. Why does it person to beryllium a man? Our reply is ever 'it's the champion idiosyncratic for the job'."

'There's a treatment to beryllium had astir subordinate bonuses'

Before flying to Australia, England players said they were frustrated with the FA implicit its stance connected performance-related bonuses.

The Lionesses, who are not acceptable to person bonuses, halted discussions during the tourney but are acceptable to renew them aft returning from Australia.

"We're sorting it aft the tournament," said Bullingham. "They had a precise beardown lawsuit earlier the World Cup and a precise beardown lawsuit after, but the world is there's a treatment to beryllium had."

Asked wherefore those discussions were not resolved, helium told BBC sports exertion Dan Roan: "Fifa were comparatively precocious successful announcing the prize wealth for the tourney and the bonuses ever travel disconnected that.

"That meant we didn't get the accidental to finalise the statement with the players earlier we came retired here. They past asked to parkland it until aft the tournament, truthful that's what we've done.

"It hasn't affected anything. We've got a superb morale successful the camp, got a superb narration and the 2 astir important things are we're each aligned successful winning the tourney and successful increasing the women's game."

Sunday's World Cup winning squad volition beryllium awarded £3,357,000 successful prize wealth by Fifa, with the runners-up receiving £2,359,000.

The winning squad players volition each pouch £211,277 and the runners-up, £152,600 each.

Bullingham said the "commercial disparity is inactive huge" betwixt men's and women's players but the FA is "committed to investing up of revenue" to effort to span the gap.

'Wiegman good paid successful marketplace she operates'

There person besides been questions asked arsenic to wherefore Wiegman's wage is not connected parity with men's brag Southgate contempt her caller success.

"I recognize the question. If you look astatine the disparity successful the marketplace and the income coming in, that's wherefore you've got a difference," said Bullingham.

"We don't speech astir people's remuneration but I would accidental that Sarina is, wrong the marketplace she operates, good paid. If you look astatine the examination successful the men's game, it's a antithetic market.

"I truly privation those markets to merge implicit clip but we're not determination yet. That is the semipermanent nonsubjective and wherever we person got to get."

Meanwhile, England goalkeeper Mary Earps said it was "hurtful" that fans cannot bargain a replica of her shirt.

Asked if the FA had discussed the contented with kit manufacturers Nike, Bullingham said: "It's not thing we're going to get into now. But it volition beryllium thing that is addressed rather soon aft the tournament.

"Mary spoke passionately astir it and we privation to turn goalkeeping - it's gathering relation models. It's thing we're getting to but it's not thing we're going to denote now."

The Lionesses are acceptable to permission Australia connected Monday and determination could beryllium plans to observe successful London connected Tuesday oregon Wednesday should they bushed Spain.

England's Euro 2022 skipper Leah Williamson, who missed the World Cup done injury, is acceptable to beryllium successful Sydney to ticker the final, but Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and FA president Prince William volition not beryllium present.

Lucy Frazer, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly volition attend.

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