Wiegman: I don’t know my best starting XI – but it doesn’t matter...yet

England boss Sarina Wiegman says she "does not really know" her strongest starting line-up at the moment, with five months to go until the start of the World Cup.

The Lionesses started Sunday's 2-1 Arnold Clark Cup win over Italy with an XI showing nine changes from the 4-0 thumping of South Korea in Milton Keynes three day earlier.

England will complete a successful defence of the trophy if they avoid defeat against Belgium in Bristol tonight.

And when Wiegman who kept an unchanged starting XI through last summer's triumphant Euros campaign - was asked about selection for Wednesday, she said: "Of course we want to win the tournament, we want to also manage the load a little bit.

"We don't really know the strongest XI at this moment, we don't have to know yet, but it shows that our team is really good. It's hard to make decisions."

Alessia Russo started at centre-forward in the South Korea game and netted the third goal before the versatile Rachel Daly scored a brace, having been handed the role on Sunday, and Wiegman said: "It's very exciting because we have so many good number nines and more good strikers.

"It's going to be a hard one too (deciding who plays there in the months ahead), but that's what we want."

She added: "I think the depth in the squad is growing, so what you see now is, it is really hard to make decisions.

"I think we have such a big group, that's more than the 23 that are going to the World Cup that are able to play on that stage. So of course that makes it hard for us to make decisions.

"But also with the starting line-up, we have more than 11 players that really could start in the team. So it's not that someone is not good enough to start, it's just the tactical choices we are going to make. We don't have to make that now. We just really want to know what our opportunities are, what our options are. It's actually really exciting."

While Emily Ramsey, who was one of four goalkeepers in the squad, has departed due to an ankle issue, Wiegman looks set to have the rest of her group to choose from heading into the clash with a Belgium outfit that beat both Italy and South Korea 2-1.