Striker denies players were bullied by the FA into early meet-upDaly says squad has great depth despite injuries and retirements
Rachel Daly has defended England’s long and controversial buildup to the Women’s World Cup, describing the squad coming together more than a month before their opening match as “perfect”.
The Lionesses arrived at their St George’s Park base on Monday and had their first training session on Tuesday in preparation for a warm-up game against Portugal in Milton Keynes on 1 July. Players and staff fly to a training camp on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on 5 July in advance of facing Haiti in Brisbane on 22 July. That means they will have been together for a somewhat remarkable 33 days before kicking their first competitive ball in anger in Australia – something that has caused outrage among Women’s Super League clubs, who feel their England players were bullied into accepting the 19 June meet-up date by the Football Association.
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