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\"Andre Villas-Boas became an increasingly frustrated figure in the draw against Fulham<\/span> <\/p>\n

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed talk he will have a budget of \u00a3140m to spend in the transfer window.<\/p>\n

The Blues trail both Manchester City and Manchester United by 11 points after the Boxing Day games.<\/p>\n

But following the 1-1 home draw with Fulham<\/a>, Villas-Boas denied he will be overhauling the squad in January.<\/p>\n

“The story is not true. Whatever business we do, we will do it properly and quietly but we won’t do a lot and not with those amounts,” he said.<\/p>\n

Villas-Boas has already declared his interest in signing Bolton defender Gary Cahill<\/a> to bolster his squad.<\/p>\n

Transfer-listed Brazilian centre-half Alex is poised to leave next month, but the Portuguese insists there will not be drastic changes at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

“That [\u00a3140m] is an outstanding amount of money but it makes no sense at all,” Villas-Boas added.<\/p>\n

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Emotionless derby ‘disappoints’ Villas-Boas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Manchester United moved level on points with their neighbours after a romping 5-0 win over Wigan Athletic<\/a> and fourth-placed Chelsea are also a point behind Tottenham, despite having played two games more than their London rivals.<\/p>\n

The Blues boss refused to completely give up on the championship but admitted bringing a fourth Premier League title to Stamford Bridge in eight seasons is now looking increasingly unlikely.<\/p>\n

“There’s no big drama in terms of how we look at things. But you have to be sufficiently real,” Villas Boas said.<\/p>\n

“We had reduced it [the gap] to seven points recently, but with City and United continuing to get the points they are getting at the moment, it’ll be difficult.<\/p>\n

“That is the perspective we have to make at the moment: it’s difficult. It’s not impossible. You cannot say that.<\/p>\n

“But we have to focus on our position at the moment and make a real assessment. Maybe the Premier League is over for us at the moment.<\/p>\n

“We’d targeted the December fixtures as an ideal situation to find out what would happen in the Premier League. We continue to do that.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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