Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has paid tribute to football chief Petr Cech for his work in the market this year.
Lampard praised his relationship with former team-mate and Chelsea performance director Cech, who has helped to build a rejuvenated Blues squad following £253million worth of investment this summer.
The Chelsea manager said: "That will only ever be decided by the owner and the only thing I can do is look at what's in front of me and at that minute. Since I came in here, the relationship I have with Petr Cech has been a huge strength for me. I get on so well with him and, hopefully, we work well together.
"I said before I would love to do this job as long as possible but I'm also very aware it will be based on results. At the minute, I think we're working towards something and people are getting very excited and mentioning us being in a title race this year.
"I always saw it as a longer plan than that and it might take until next year for us to really challenge, because of the signings, because of the bedding-in process. What we're doing at the moment, it's really getting people excited, but I know we need to be consistent throughout the season."
