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Lampard sets sights on long Champions League run with Chelsea despite transfer ban

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admits that the club's two-window transfer ban makes the challenge of competing in this season's Champions League that much harder, but insists he and his squad intent to go as far as they can with what they have at their disposal.

The Blues will learn their European fate for this season on Thursday, when UEFA hold the draw to find out who will face each other in the competition's group stages.

The strongest teams on the continent will face each other for club football's most coveted award, and Lampard hopes that the strength of the Premier League will put his young Chelsea side in good stead for handling those pressures.