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Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has said the club's inactivity in the January transfer window makes them "underdogs" in the race for a top-four spot in the Premier League this season.
The Blues were unable to make any major additions to their squad in the window, that despite the transfer ban they were set to serve being lifted earlier in the campaign.
It means Lampard will have the same squad for the second half of 2019-20 as the Blues seek to consolidate fourth place and secure UEFA Champions League football.
The Chelsea manager thinks the lack of January action will put the team on the back foot in that battle, per Nizaar Kinsella of Goal:
"Manchester United obviously [signed] a big, big player, a world-class player, in my opinion.