Ancelotti: This team can conquer Europe

23 August 2009 11:06
Carlo Ancelotti insists Chelsea can win the Champions League with the squad he inherited from Guus Hiddink. The Italian coach revealed that he and the Chelsea board believe they can achieve success with the current group of players at his disposal. Chelsea have made just four signings this summer but are yet to land a superstar player. Ancelotti insists the cash is there should he want to bolster his squad with a big-money signing but has `closed the book' for now. However, he is adamant the quality in Chelsea's squad is sufficient for them to go one step further than last season's semi-final and even go on to win the Champions League. "The book is closed," said Ancelotti. "We have to wait one week for the end of the window, but the book is closed now. When I arrived in Chelsea we worked together and we took a decision together. We are not interested in players because we always thought we had a very good team. "I am the coach and I have responsibility for the technical area and the club gave me a very good team, very good players and we didn't need other players. If we took a decision to take another player, the club was ready to put money up. "I want to say that the club have supported me and if I wanted to take other players, there was not a problem for sure. But we want to take a player we need. This is a very competitive squad in all positions of the pitch. Chelsea didn't win the Champions League but they were close to winning with these players and I think with these players we can win."

Source: Eurosport