England's Wiegman wants clubs to release players early for World Cup

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England manager Sarina Wiegman said her plans to prepare the team for the Women's World Cup are being put in jeopardy with clubs reluctant to release players in time to begin a training camp on June 19.The tournament in Australia and New Zealand kicks off on July 20 with England starting their group camp

England manager Sarina Wiegman said her plans to prepare the team for the Women's World Cup are being put in jeopardy with clubs reluctant to release players in time to begin a training camp on June 19.

FIFA's original deadline for clubs to release players was July 10, but that drew sharp criticism that it did not give national teams long enough to prepare. Wiegman said that would still leave her less than three weeks with her squad, which she named on Wednesday, while she also wanted to have a warm-up game before they left for the World Cup.

"That's frustrating because we have all our plans and we thought we were all set and then like a month ago, all of a sudden, things change ... We didn't expect that, it is so late. We have to collaborate and try to solve .

 

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