England's World Cup goal-scoring star Ellen White will secure a life-changing bonus if the team win the World Cup.

White and team-mate Millie Bright are on course to become overnight millionaires as the two members of Phil Neville's team signed to adidas.

The company have pledged to match the bonuses paid to their representatives in France's 2018 World Cup-winning team, including Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba.

England star Ellen White will secure a life-changing bonus if the team win the World Cup

White's fifth tournament goal in the 3-0 win over Norway puts her level with Alex Morgan of the USA in the race for the Golden Boot. Adidas, who sponsor the award, will also pay the same prize money to the woman's winner as they did to Harry Kane for clinching the men's equivalent last summer.

Neville's players will get a bonus of around £50,000 from the FA if they lift the trophy. But the sums that White, 30, and Bright, 25, stand to collect from their kit sponsor would be on another level. White, who recently joined Manchester City from Birmingham City, is thought to earn around £60,000 a year.

Most of Neville's players are signed to Nike, with Nikita Parris among several others with Puma. Toni Duggan, one of the Nike players, said of the adidas prize-money before the tournament: 'It's irrelevant to me. When you sign a contract that's your deal, everyone has different deals. I'm happy for the girls with adidas. I hope we win it and they get the money.'

The unprecedented levels of domestic interest in the England team saw a record-breaking peak UK TV audience of 7.6million tune in on BBC One to watch England beat Norway 3-0 on Thursday night and reach the semi-final.

White and Millie Bright (pictured) are on course to become overnight millionaires in France

That was 38.6 per cent of the available audience and beat the previous best for a women's game of 6.9m for England's win over Cameroon on Sunday. The average audience was 6.8m.

Neville and his players flew to Lyon on Friday, where temperatures are expected to reach 37C this weekend. Tickets for their semi-final on Tuesday are already going for more than £300 each on secondary sites.

Parris has rejected suggestions she might talk to a psychologist after missing a second penalty at the World Cup against Norway.

The 25-year-old said: 'Talk to the psychologist for what? The keeper made a fantastic save. I need to practise on the training pitch.'