British women banned from using social networks on the eve of the final of the World Cup

Sarina Wigman, head coach of the England women's team, wants her players to stay focused. Photo: Action Images/Andrew Cooldridge

England, women will start turning off social media from Wednesday when they fly to Australia for the World Cup final.

The team is known to have been instructed by England manager Sarina Wigman and Kay Cossington, FA Women's Technical Director not to post on their social media accounts while in the tournament. However, players can post content directly related to the England Women's Team, such as posting from their official accounts, and this will remain in effect until the end of their World Cup campaign.

Telegraph Sport understands that several players are now temporarily remove social media apps from your mobile phones while focusing on the upcoming tournament.

This summer, the team was previously informed that commercial activity would be shut down after the players went to training camp, which began at St. George's Park on Monday, June 19th. camp to be with their families and in the days after Saturday's friendly against Portugal. This commercial ban comes into effect again from Wednesday.

This month, Wigman demanded that her team members complete all transfer business before relegation on Wednesday, with striker Alessia Russo and goalkeeper Hannah Hampton moving to Arsenal and Accordingly, on Tuesday, Chelsea were announced under this agreement.

All of these rules were reportedly put in place to remove any potential distractions to England's attention away from the World Cup.

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The unit leaves Heathrow Airport on Wednesday evening, is expected to head to Sydney and then head to their training camp on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, north of Brisbane. They will play a closed warm-up against Canada on 14 July before facing Haiti in the first Group D match of the tournament in Brisbane on 22 July.