Frank Lampard dismisses burn-out fear if he hits 70

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The Chelsea midfielder is set to make his 43rd appearance of the season for club and country in the friendly against Egypt tonight and faces a gruelling schedule before the tournament kicks off on 11 June.

Carlo Ancelotti's side are still in the FA Cup and Champions League and if they reach the final of both competitions then Lampard could have played 62 games by mid-May.

England are set to play two more friendlies before heading to South Africa, where they will have to win seven games to claim football's biggest prize.

Lampard ran out of steam when he was presented with a similar schedule at the last World Cup in Germany four years ago and came under fire from supporters after he failed to score a single goal.

But he is adamant things will be different this time and is relishing the prospect of the heavy workload.

He said: "I hope I do get to play 70 games this season — that would be great. I wouldn't mind that at all, it's what we're here for. You stay a long time retired and at 31 I still feel very fresh.

"If I get to play 70 games it means I'm with successful teams. If I can be successful with Chelsea and then go to the World Cup, it would be a great year.

"I feel fresh. I love playing games. I'm pleased that this busy period has come back. January was fairly quiet, we didn't have many matches at Chelsea and we trained a lot.

"The big ones are coming and you want to feel fresh. I hope I can keep scoring and playing well."

Meanwhile, former Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly believes Fabio Capello has improved England's chances of glory by taking the captaincy away from John Terry.

The 1998 World Cup winner said: "People should not focus too much on what Capello has done. It was an opportunity for him to have a strategy to say to all the players that they should be careful because I'm watching them, I'm looking at them'.

"Taking the captaincy off John will put pressure on the other players and will not take anything away from John because he is naturally a captain."