Frank Lampard identifies first signing once transfer ban is lifted

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has admitted that he would like to sign Leicester City full-back Ben Chilwell as his first signing once their transfer ban is lifted. According the Sun Chilwell is valued at £70million and Lampard wants to sign the 22-year-old as Chelsea’s new long-term left-back. Chelsea got a ban from Fifa and Lampard was unable to sign any new players in the summer. The two-window ban will not expire until next summer, but if the club does go ahead with an appeal it could be lifted in January. "I can’t drag people out of the medical room to play," Lampard said in response to questions about why the likes of N’Golo Kante didn’t start against United. "Let’s be clear with the injuries we have at the minute, with the fact we couldn’t bring in players, this is going to be a work in progress to a degree. "We will have to learn harsh lessons and correct them pretty quickly. "There were lots and lots of elements to the game that I liked, there were four or five elements that I didn’t like and they were fatal for us. "We can’t run away from the fact that we know where we’re at, we couldn’t bring in players, most managers at a club like Chelsea can bring in players to change the way they want to play, to bring in quality, etc. But we can’t, I’m not going to complain too much about that, I want to work."

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