Frank Lampard has admitted that he wants a "big say" in Chelsea's transfer business after seeing the club's transfer ban overturned

Frank Lampard has admitted that he wants a "big say" in Chelsea's transfer business after seeing the club's transfer ban overturned.

Chelsea can enter the January market having seen the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduce their two-window transfer ban to a single window.

After overcoming FIFA's ban, Chelsea have targeted the signing of Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho, Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha and Leicester City's Ben Chilwell, among others.

Lampard revealed the inner workings of how the Blues will go about their business and what role he will take in the upcoming discussions.

"I have had very open conversations with (Chelsea director) Marina (Granovskaia) which is speaking to the owner as far as I’m concerned," Lampard told reporters at Cobham Training Centre. "I can speak to either of those, but mainly Marina. And the scouting department, and Petr Cech.

"And of course I sit with my staff daily for hours, we talk about the team and how we can improve and of course at some points, you start thinking about the longer-term future. The conversations have been very open to this point so I am happy with it. But of course, we haven’t bought anyone.

"If I say I want [Kylian] Mbappe, [Cristiano] Ronaldo and [Lionel] Messi for my front three I might get knocked back! I wouldn’t say that, but it’s a balance where I can put forward a recommendation and have an open conversation with the owner and hope we move forward in the right direction.

"I’m very open about that. My biggest thing here is how hard can we work on the training ground because I know we have a good squad, that’s my main concern. Of course, when it comes to recruitment, I want to have a big say in it and we are very open."

Another player on Chelsea's radar is Bournemouth's Nathan Ake, who has a £40 million ($53m) buyback clause in his deal after the Blues sold him to the Cherries in 2017.

As well at targeting new signings, the Blues may see some of their squad players leave this January with Olivier Giroud, Pedro and Marcos Alonso all on the fringes of Lampard's plans. Lampard says he hasn't banned talks of moves away but that no player has asked him for an exit from the club yet.