England forward opens up on her World Cup hopes, the motivation of missing Euro 2022 and her brother’s words of wisdom
For all the hype that follows Lauren James around, you would not know it when in conversation with her. “I’m just someone who always wants to just play football,” she says. “I try not to let the external noise get into me. I like to stay grounded.” Reserved in front of the media, the England forward remains down to earth, letting her ability on the pitch and those around her do the talking.
It is easy to see why the prospect of James in an England shirt on the world stage excites so many. Leah Williamson has described her as a “cheat code”, Lucy Bronze regularly enthuses about her potential and one of her brothers, Chelsea’s Reece James, described her as “the best women’s footballer in the world” on social media.
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