Bronze hits out at stand-off with FA as Lionesses arrive at WWC with NO bonuses

England fullback Lucy Bronze admitted being 'frustrated' after the Lionesses arrived at the Women's World Cup without reaching an agreement with the FA over performance related bonuses.

Sarina Wiegman's side are currently set to receive no additional bonuses from the Football Association on top of those paid by FIFA.

In a new pay-structure brought in after pressure from players' union Fifpro, FIFA will now award every player competing in the group stage $30,000 (£26,000).

The further teams progress, the higher the reward, with every player in the winning team pocketing $270,000.

This is the first time players will be directly compensated for their participation in the tournament and is thought to be higher than previous FA bonuses paid in previous years.

As Kathryn Batte has written, the Lionesses feel aggrieved because the FA portrays itself as a world-leading federation in the women's game, but is failing to match the United States and Australia - who are paying bonuses on top of FIFA's payments.

Bronze, who is among England's most experienced stars with 104 caps, admitted the situation was not ideal and felt it was important for players to pish for better terms.

'It is frustrating, but I think that's the way the women's game has predominantly been,' she said when asked about the bonus situation.

'As a team we've always been pushing in the background, it's only been recently that it's been made more public and people are more aware of it, but it's something we've always had to do as players.

'Someone like Steph Houghton, previously, is someone who did a lot of work behind the scenes that probably wasn't reported on and people didn't know as much about.

'I think we're in a similar situation now, and I think the point of the