Lucy Bronze says Rice and Trippier have told Lionesses to embrace home Euros

Lucy Bronze has revealed how Declan Rice and Kieran Trippier have been encouraging the Lionesses to embrace the pressures of a home Euros – but that the women won’t settle for losing the final on penalties.

The England men’s and women’s teams have both been training at St George’s Park during the former’s Nations League campaign and the latter’s preparations for the European Championship to be staged in this country next month.

Bronze, who recently announced she is leaving Manchester City, starred in the World Cups in Canada in 2015 and France three years ago. But now Sarina Wiegman’s team will be among the favourites when they kick off the finals against Austria at Old Trafford on 6 July.

Gareth Southgate’s side face Hungary on Tuesday at Molineux where the Lionesses will play Belgium on Thursday. The two squads have been mingling informally when at the National Football Centre in Staffordshire, as well as for a formal talk at the end of last week.

“Trippier and Declan Rice came in last week,” Bronze said. “Trippier had a lot of things to say because he’s a player that has a been at a lot of tournaments before and has had a bit of stick from the media, [having] played out of position last year.

“We were talking about blocking out the outside world and I think that’s something that I’ve probably had to deal with more than most players in this England squad over past years. It was nice to be able to speak to someone who has had these issues and how they deal with these moments.

“We’ve been in and around St George’s Park with them over the past couple of weeks. We’ve chatted to a lot of them. They’re just human beings. They sit and play cards, we can sit with them [and] it’s a nice atmosphere because I think both teams