Chelsea are unlikely to be very active in the transfer market. Luiz Felipe Scolari reportedly wanted to bring in another striker to support Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, but his efforts are likely to fall on deaf ears.

When the window reopens in January, it was expected that Chelsea might be in the market for at least one player.

However, Peter Kenyon has all but ruled out any purchases for the Blues.

Kenyon said: "I don't think we will be doing any business in the January transfer window because the type of players we are looking for are not available. Another reason is that we have still got some long-term injuries coming back and in January or February, Chelsea will have more player availability.

"We put our squad together in the summer and we are concentrating on the squad we have and making sure our players get back from injury. On that basis, we think we have got a good enough squad to improve on last season.''