Chelsea are still 6/4 favourites to win the Premier League despite the Community Shield defeat to Manchester United and Carlo Cudicini says there will be no panic buys.
The Blues were brushed aside by the Reds at Wembley Stadium when going down to a 3-1 defeat to cap a miserable pre-season but Ancelotti is refusing to press the panic button.
The Italian has only signed Yossi Benayoun from Liverpool this summer, while Brazilian Ramires is also set to arrive. However Ancelotti believes once the likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry get back to full match fitness, they will be a different kettle of fish, and he is refusing buy players for the sake of it.
“Fortunately, it’s pre-season,” he said. “I think that there is time to come back to win. It was not a good pre-season for results. We lost four games but I think we did our best.
“We need for the players who came back the on July 26 to have more time to train.”