No transfer rush for Ancelotti

"Now, thanks to this decision we have time to look for new players," said Ancelotti. "But we don't want to take a decision in this moment. At the moment, I'm very happy with the squad, these players, and it's not necessary at the moment to take new players."

FIFA banned the Blues from any transfer activity until 2011 after they were found guilty of inducing teenage Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with French club Lens.

Chelsea appealed to CAS against the punishment and also requested the ban be suspended until their case had been dealt with in full.

That is now likely to take place well into the new year.

The Blues will lose Michael Essien, Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and John Mikel Obi to the African Nations Cup in January but Ancelotti remains confident they can cope without them.

The Chelsea boss added: "I know we will lose four in January but if we maintain the players' fitness we can do a good period also without the African players. We can buy players in January, but now we have other questions to answer. It's not important now what we can do in January."

A statement from CAS read: "The Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted the request for a stay filed by Chelsea Football Club Ltd and Mr Gael Kakuta in relation to the decision taken by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber on 27 August 2009.

"The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber imposed, inter alia, a restriction of four months' ineligibility on Mr Gael Kakuta, and Chelsea Football Club Ltd was banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for the next two complete, consecutive registration periods. Such sanctions are now stayed until the CAS renders its final decision in this matter."

Charlton happy to be eclipsed by Rooney

Sir Bobby Charlton has been encouraged by Wayne Rooney's growing maturity and insists he would relish the Manchester United forward surpassing his own England goalscoring record.
Charlton has 49 goals for his country and Rooney's recent burst over the last year puts him more than halfway there, on 25, with next week's friendly against Brazil another chance to add to his tally.

"Nothing would give me greater pleasure," the United and England legend said. "I would be dead chuffed if that happened."
He added: "I think he is a terrific player, inspirational, and people like him. As along as he doesn't get suspended for arguing with referees or doing something daft on the pitch - he is learning rapidly and doing less and less of that."

Charlton was at Wembley for the unveiling of a bust of Sir Alf Ramsey, the manager of the 1966 World Cup-winning team which he played in.

He sees similarities between Ramsey and current boss Fabio Capello, in terms of them both being disciplinarians.

"He reminds me of Fabio Capello. No question," he said. "His history has always been as a tough character but he gets teams to listen and perform to their best.

"I think England have a great chance of winning.

"I'm not getting carried away because it's a tough game and you are playing against the best in the world.

"It would be sensational if we could win but I don't want to put any more pressure on them."