Frank Lampard has no regrets over how his final Premier League season has developed but is eagerly awaiting the next chapter of his career in the United States.

Midfielder Lampard is playing out the season with Manchester City before joining their sister club New York City, the Major League Soccer newcomers, in the summer.

It is a move the 36-year-old was expected to have already made by now but a short-term deal to train and play with City at the start of the current season proved unexpectedly successful and was extended.

Lampard said: “I am very excited about this part of my career, coming to City. It was something I never saw coming.

“At 36 I got asked to come to the champions and a club with this pedigree.

“I am delighted that happened as it has done, and I am delighted about the future and the opportunity to go and play in New York – to try and make the best of it individually, to help and also be part of a new club in one of the best cities in the world.

“I am fortunate.”