Ancelotti in no rush to buy new players

Carlo Ancelotti has insisted he will not be rushing into the transfer market after the club's ban was suspended on Friday.

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Ancelotti will miss Didier Drogba

The Chelsea coach is almost certain to be able to sign players in January with the Court of Arbitration for Sport highly unlikely to schedule any appeal hearing over the Gael Kakuta affair until February at the earliest.

The rumour mill has already been set into full motion with the Blues linked with Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero - who earlier in the week said he was flattered to be a target - as well as Benfica winger Angel Di Maria and the Brazilian play-maker Alex Teixeira.

The Blues will lose Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and John Mikel Obi to the African Nations Cup in January but Ancelotti remains confident his squad can cope without them.

Ancelotti said of the CAS announcement: "It's a decision that gives us the possibility to buy new players if it's necessary, but at this moment it's not necessary. It's a good thing for the club and the team.

"I know the best players are not available (in January). But now, for us, it's not a problem. Our aim now is to maintain these players in good condition because we have a big squad with a lot of players. I think this is our aim at this moment.

"Gael can play now and he will do so on Monday in the reserve team. Thanks to this decision we have time to look for new players. But we don't want to take a decision in this moment. At the moment, I'm very happy with the squad, these players, and it's not necessary at the moment to take new players.

"I know we will lose four in January but if we maintain the players' fitness we can have a good period without the African players.

"Now our focus is on the game on Sunday. We can buy players in January, but now we have other questions to answer. It's not important now what we can do in January.''