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Frank Lampard has welcomed Roman Abramovich’s apparent willingness to return to the lavish spending of his first few years at Stamford Bridge and called for the new Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti, to add “fantasy” to the team’s attacking options this summer.

While the Premier League club’s attempts to sign Milan’s Kaka have failed, with the Brazil playmaker to be unveiled by Real Madrid on Monday for a world record £56.2m, Chelsea remain confident of making their own marquee signings before the new campaign. Lampard followed John Terry’s lead in throwing his support behind moves for Franck Ribéry and David Villa, who might be prised from Bayern Munich and Valencia respectively, as the west London club seek to add more pizzazz and pace to their options.

“Looking at us this season, we’ve got a strong squad and good players but maybe we do need a little edge, someone who can produce something a little bit different to what we do already better,” the England midfielder said. “That’s what John is saying when he mentions Ribéry and Villa.

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