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When England instrumentality from Australia and the particulate settles they volition look up to what is coming up adjacent aft their Women's World Cup last defeat.
A archetypal Women's Nations League competition, Olympic Games qualification and the defence of their European crown are each things to look guardant to successful the calendar for the adjacent 2 years.
But disconnected the transportation determination stay respective talking points, including discussions implicit subordinate bonus payments and a imaginable renewal of manager Sarina Wiegman's contract.
What adjacent for Wiegman and Bronze?
Wiegman became the archetypal manager to scope the Women's World Cup last with 2 nations successful successive tournaments and is wide regarded the champion pistillate manager successful football.
It is nary astonishment past that speculation surrounding her aboriginal had dispersed successful the build-up to the final.
Football Association main enforcement Mark Bullingham said it would "100% reject" immoderate approaches for Wiegman aft she was listed arsenic a imaginable campaigner to instrumentality implicit the vacant USA occupation - and the Dutchwoman herself said she "has nary plans to leave" England.
But with her declaration acceptable to tally retired successful 2025, earlier the adjacent World Cup, Wiegman was asked if this year's decision would substance her to pursuit occurrence again with England successful 2027.
"Four years is simply a agelong time," said Wiegman. "We person a precise abbreviated turnaround, but we'll commencement successful September with Scotland and the Netherlands successful the Nations League to suffice for the Olympics."
She aboriginal added: "I anticipation successful the aboriginal I get a caller infinitesimal with the squad I enactment with. That would beryllium amazing, due to the fact that it's precise peculiar to play finals."
Meanwhile, 1 of England's astir experienced players, Barcelona full-back Lucy Bronze, 31, was playing successful her 3rd World Cup and erstwhile again missed retired connected the trophy.
Asked if she needed immoderate clip to determine her future, she said firmly: "I americium not retiring from England if that is what you mean."
After winning Euro 2022, 2 players, Ellen White and Jill Scott, announced their retirement.
The oldest subordinate of the existent squad is Laura Coombs astatine 32, but her England vocation is inactive successful its infancy, and it seems improbable immoderate different players volition travel the illustration of White and Scott this clip around.
Can the players hold bonus payments?
The England players headed to the World Cup successful quality with the Football Association implicit performance-related bonuses.
They said they were "frustrated" with the FA implicit its determination not to springiness players bonuses, but agreed to halt negotiations during the tournament.
This year, for the archetypal clip astatine a Women's World Cup, players volition person idiosyncratic payments nonstop from Fifa, with the Lionesses acceptable to person £153,000 each for reaching the final.
Bullingham has said the disagreement volition beryllium "sorted aft the tournament".
He added: "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."
England acceptable disconnected for location from Sydney connected Monday day and players and unit volition past person immoderate clip off, truthful negotiations whitethorn not beryllium resolved for respective weeks.
Nations League and Olympics qualification
It is not agelong earlier the Lionesses reunite again for September's Nations League matches - the inaugural play of the three-league tourney which volition travel a akin format to the men's event.
England are successful League A, which has 4 groups. The World Cup runners-up instrumentality connected Scotland and the Netherlands adjacent month, portion Belgium implicit their group.
The teams play each different location and away, with the standings astatine the extremity of the signifier determining promotion and relegation betwixt the leagues, arsenic good arsenic qualification for the Women's Nations League finals.
The 4 radical winners successful League A conscionable successful the semi-finals, with the 2 finalists joining hosts France arsenic the European representatives successful the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The Nations League volition besides impact qualification for Euro 2025, which volition beryllium held successful Switzerland.
England person antecedently been the nominated federation to unafraid qualification for the Olympics connected behalf of Team GB, truthful are expected to transportation the work again - and it is apt Wiegman would oversee immoderate British side.
What interaction volition World Cup person connected WSL?
After returning from planetary duty, a fig of the Lionesses volition beryllium backmost successful enactment successful the Women's Super League, which kicks disconnected again connected 1 October.
The interaction of their occurrence astatine Euro 2022 led to grounds viewing figures and attendances crossed the 2022-23 home season.
Having reached the last again successful Australia, conscionable months earlier a long-awaited takeover of the WSL, a caller broadcast woody is acceptable to beryllium negotiated which could bring further, important gross to the women's game.
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