Frank Lampard insists flourishing young talents Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount are "here to stay" despite Chelsea eyeing new January recruits.
Chelsea saw their FIFA transfer ban lifted on Friday, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the Blues' appeal.
The Swiss-based CAS halved Chelsea's two-window transfer embargo and cut their fine in two as well, leaving the Stamford Bridge club able to recruit next month.
Lampard said: "Every big team buys. In the competitive nature of the Premier League and where we're at, look at what Manchester United have spent in recent years and Manchester City, and now Tottenham last summer and Arsenal.
"And everyone is trying so it's obviously part of the picture. We sometimes get a finger pointed at us because people are still thinking about 15, 20 years ago, when Roman Abramovich turned up at the club.
"Every club is buying. So that's part of it. But at the moment we have managed to utilise a lot of hard work that has gone into the academy over the last 15 or so years and that's great to see that coming through in one go.
"So that's changed our picture slightly but we still want to improve if the opportunities are there."
