Frank Lampard's ex-model fiancée blows the final whistle on their eight-year relationship

England football star Frank Lampard's has separated from his Spanish fiancée after an eight-year relationship, it has been revealed.

The Chelsea player has bought ex-model Elen a house close to their £3million South West London home so he can remain in regular contact with two-year-old Luna and one-year-old Isla.

30-year-old Elen Rives, who met Lampard in a bar in 2001, decided to call time after taking a holiday alone with the children in Florida in January.

Lampard has previously been accused of cheating on his fiancée, with their engagement called off in 2004 after a tabloid caught the player in a romantic tryst in Las Vegas.

No-one else is said to be involved in the split.

A close friend of the couple told the News of the World: 'It's the saddest thing Elen's ever had to do, but the love has gone.

The couple were last seen together in London restaurant Zuma in January, and in December the family visited a Winter Wonderland attraction in Hyde Park.

The couple also have a £4million home in Surrey.