Frank Lamard (Picture: PA)

Women footballers could soon compete in the men’s game, according to Chelsea and England star Frank Lampard.

The midfielder believes the huge strides made on and off the pitch in female football mean mixed-sex professional teams are increasingly likely.

Lampard was speaking on ITV’s Loose Women show, where he was promoting his new children’s book.

Asked if he thought a woman could ever feature in a men’s squad, the 35-year-old responded: ‘I see no reason why not. How the game has developed in women’s football in the last five to ten years has been amazing.




‘Not just the quality of the play but the interest and people around it.

‘[In the past] we were dinosaurs in the man’s dressing room, it was all our game, but now we appreciate there’s a lot of skill there [in the women’s game].’