London, Oct 22: Frank Lampard is ready to quit Chelsea and join David Beckham in America in January as he searches for regular first-team football.
Lampard is weighing up a free transfer switch to LA Galaxy after being relegated to a squad player this season at Stamford Bridge, reports Daily Star, London.
The England star accepts that, at 34, his time as the heartbeat of the Chelsea side is drawing to a close.
But he doesn't want to see out his career warming the bench.
Instead, he is ready to agree a two-year deal to join Beckham in America, with Chelsea paving the way for his departure by agreeing to let him leave for no fee.
Boss Robert Di Matteo again named Lampard as substitute in Saturday's 4-2 win at Tottenham, and the trio of Juan Mata, Oscar and Eden Hazard are all ahead of him in the pecking order.
Unlike last season, under Andre Villas-Boas, Lampard is not upset at his treatment by his boss as he realises he is in the closing stages of his career as a major Premier League force.
Ambition He had wanted to see out the remainder of his contract with the European champions, which is due expire at the end of this season.
But he still harbours the ambition to play in the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
And he knows his best chance of that happening is if he is starting matches week-in and week-out.
So unless he re-establishes himself in Di Matteo's first 11, the transfer window in January could be the time to end an 11-year career at Stamford Bridge.
