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England captain Leah Williamson says she would consider strike action in protest over player welfare concerns.The Arsenal defender is back in the Lionesses squad for the first time since undergoing knee surgery after leading her country to Euro 2025 glory.A significant number of Sarina Wiegman’s side struggled with fitness and injuries following last summer’s tournament in Switzerland.

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00:00Would you ever consider, I suppose, taking more drastic action to ensure that your voice is heard
00:06and is listened to? I think it's always there as a possibility. Ultimately, like I said, we all want
00:12to play football. Nobody wants any games, years, seasons to be taken away from them, tournaments
00:19especially. But I think across men's and women's football, I think the possibility for growth in
00:26the game. It just never seems to end and the money that's on the table for everybody involved
00:30will benefit from that too. There has to be a balance and I would never rule out further
00:36action from the players because I think if it needed to happen for people to protect themselves,
00:43I wouldn't blame anybody. I mean, I've not had any conversations about this right now,
00:46but like I said, I would never... If a group of people doesn't feel like they're getting
00:52listened to, then history suggests that that's the only way sometimes they can be heard.
00:56So I'd never rule it or, yeah, take it off the table. I just don't think that's where
01:00we are now. I think we're still in a phase where we can all collaborate and listen and educate.
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