Women’s Super League: Can Women’s Super League capitalise on Euro success?

As well as the domestic league, Arsenal have got a Champions League campaign to think about, and with it, the possibility of facing the likes of Barcelona and Lyon, widely regarded as the two best teams in the world.

This week Barcelona set a new women’s transfer record of £400,000 for Manchester City’s England midfielder Keira Walsh and Williamson added: “The talent across the world is pretty incredible.

“Other leagues might not be great or as consistent as ours with the teams, but the top teams are so good.

“We definitely have a long way to go. I’d like to think that the clubs here are investing, but the level of investment in Europe is 10 times higher than it is here.

“I think the gap is a product of investment. A lack of investment here for so long, potentially. And quality of players. The quality of players in those teams is unbelievable,” she added.

Following the Euros win, caution was expressed by some about keeping the women’s game authentic while still appealing to a new mass audience.

“Trust us,” Williamson says, “I think a lot of us players who’ve played in a team for a while, we know those fans personally and we don’t ever want to leave them behind. We know where we came from. We plan to keep the game as accessible and as authentic as possible.”