Lucy Bronze interview - Manchester sell-outs 'will make Euro 2022 most inspirational summer ever'

The youngsters at St Michael's Church of England Primary School in Trafford had an experience they'll never forget last week as they spent the morning playing with Lego and quizzing England international Lucy Bronze as part of a new campaign encouraging children to think about their role models and challenge gender stereotypes.

"When I was that age at school, I wouldn't have known as much about women's football because it just wasn't anywhere, whereas I walk in and they’re like ‘that’s Lucy Bronze!’" the Manchester City defender told MEN Sport.

"It was nice that they had loads and loads of questions to ask. They’ve still just got no filter to just ask anything. And it works with the Lego because they're really creative but then they just come up with some funny things when they were making. I never got to play with Lego when I was at school so they can count themselves very lucky today."

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The Lionesses kick off their home Women's Euro 2022 campaign at Old Trafford in July - with seven other games to be held in Manchester at City's Academy Stadium and Leigh Sports Village, where Manchester United Women play their home games.

It was fitting that Bronze was in Trafford then, to launch a new campaign from the LEGO Group to encourage youngsters to celebrate the people that inspire them and act as role models. City and England teammate Steph Houghton is also part of the campaign, as is former Lioness Alex Scott.

"Working with Lego now has made me realise that role models are so important," Bronze continued.

"Most kids say that they do take a lot of inspiration from their role models, in terms of feeling better about