BREAKING: Chelsea are free to sign players in January

Chelsea are free to sign players in January as their transfer ban has been reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Blues have been cleared to give Frank Lampard access to a £150million transfer budget to strengthen his squad in January after their transfer ban was overturned by sport's appeal court in Switzerland. FIFA handed down a two-window transfer ban to Chelsea in February of this year after football's world governing body found the club guilty of breaching two of its regulations on player transfers, specifically regarding bringing in U18s and 'third-party influence'. More to follow…

Latest Chelsea injury update and expected return dates