Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti is not concerned by his side's poor form ahead of the new Premier League season.

GettyImagesCarlo Ancelotti watched Chelsea lose their fourth straight pre-season game in the Community Shield

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Ancelotti's side have lost their last three consecutive pre-season friendlies to Hamburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and Ajax, as well as Sunday's 3-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Community Shield.

Ancelotti said: "We played too slow in the first half - it was not our best day but this is normal, it can happen at the start of the season.

"It's impossible for some players to be fit and quick after ten days of pre-season. Players who came back from their holidays on July 26 need to improve their condition.''

Asked whether a fourth pre-season defeat concerned him, the Italian - who confirmed the signing of Ramires has yet to be completed - said: "I'm not worried about this. We have to look forward.''

Ramires is still expected to join Chelsea from Benfica but the deal is believed to have been held up because of Ramires' inclusion in the Brazil squad to face USA on Tuesday.