The Lionesses manager's announcement was dominated by the international retirements of Mary Earps and Fran Kirby, as well as Millie Bright's decision to withdraw from selection, but she says it is simply part of the "noise" that occurs in the lead-up to a major tournament.

Wiegman said: "We know what's happening in the team. There is competition going on in the team and I hope there is competition. We go with this 23 to the Euros now and I feel very happy with the team. I'm excited and looking forward to it. To me it doesn't feel like a crisis at all."

The England boss added: "My experience before [a tournament] is that there is always noise. We expect noise until we go into the tournament. The difference between 2015 and 2017 to now is that the visibility of the women's game has increased so it seems like there is more noise.

"You can't prevent the noise now because you have to make decisions so there will be noise. You can't control that in the tournament. What I always say to the team is that we know exactly where we want to go to and how we want to play so stick with us because we know every little detail and we are in our bubble. That is what I am trying to do.

"You are not in our environment all the time. I can assure you the training sessions were very good last week. You saw a very energetic game against Portugal. Spain was two halves. I didn't see anything [to suggest] there were no connections within the team. I have seen what has happened on pitch and off the pitch with the team. I'm really happy with where we are now."

Wiegman insists that it is "not a risk" to have included Lauren James in her squad for the tournament in Switzerland, even though the Chelsea star hasn't played since April due to a hamstring injury.

The coach said: "It's not a risk. We have some time. We still have a month. She is training really well and is at the point we hoped she would be at this stage hopefully when she comes into camp she can keep progressing to the first game in July. We don't see it as a risk."