"Ultimately we need to grow the women's game," said Kirby, 25. Kirby, who has been named in Phil Neville's squad for the World Cup in France between 7 June and 7 July, added: "We need to win the World Cup to have a leg to stand on in those situations. As the women's game improves and progresses, then they're the conversations we can start to have. "The USA are in dispute at the moment but they're selling out arenas, they've won the World Cup and have some of the best players in the world in their team. She will be appearing at her second World Cup, having scored on her first start in the tournament at Canada 2015 before helping the team reach the last four where they were beaten by Japan.

Source: BBC May 24, 2019 22:10 UTC