Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has admitted that he could be tempted by a move to the MLS in a few seasons as his career draws to an end.
Lampard, 31, still has three years to run on his current deal at Stamford Bridge but acknowledges that he might one day follow in the footsteps of his international team-mate David Beckham.
"It's his [Beckham's] decision, isn't it? When he went, I thought, maybe he's gone too early, but the more I thought about it, I thought, if that's what he wants to do, let him do it," Lampard told The Sabotage Times.
"I'd like to go and play in America when I'm 36 or 35 but you can't take away someone's right to go and play where they want."
Lampard, perhaps surprisingly, has also asserted that he has no interest in remaining in football once he has finished playing, either in coaching or the media.
He is also keen to have a meaningful career after football rather then living on his past glories.
"The first thing is after I finish I don't want to be involved with football, not as a manager, coach, agent or in the media. Not interested," he stated.
"I've been getting to know a lot about property, not just for me to live in, but as a business.
"I have a family to support, I know that might sound strange when you consider the money that's mentioned but I want to have a career after this, I don't want this to be everything.
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life just living in the past."
Lampard, 31, still has three years to run on his current deal at Stamford Bridge but acknowledges that he might one day follow in the footsteps of his international team-mate David Beckham.
"It's his [Beckham's] decision, isn't it? When he went, I thought, maybe he's gone too early, but the more I thought about it, I thought, if that's what he wants to do, let him do it," Lampard told The Sabotage Times.
"I'd like to go and play in America when I'm 36 or 35 but you can't take away someone's right to go and play where they want."
Lampard, perhaps surprisingly, has also asserted that he has no interest in remaining in football once he has finished playing, either in coaching or the media.
He is also keen to have a meaningful career after football rather then living on his past glories.
"The first thing is after I finish I don't want to be involved with football, not as a manager, coach, agent or in the media. Not interested," he stated.
"I've been getting to know a lot about property, not just for me to live in, but as a business.
"I have a family to support, I know that might sound strange when you consider the money that's mentioned but I want to have a career after this, I don't want this to be everything.
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life just living in the past."
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