Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has ruled out making a move for Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Ballack, insisting that he has no interest in signing anyone in the January transfer window.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge yesterday revealed that Ballack's agent had offered the player, whose contract with the German side expires next summer, to both Real Madrid and Chelsea.
But Mourinho confirmed he was not interested in signing the German and then declared there will be no movement in the market for Chelsea - either in or out.
"I am not even thinking about other players," said Mourinho. "I don't want players in the open market in January. I don't want players because at this moment I am just concentrating on my squad.
"I know I will lose a couple of players in January to the African Nations Cup but I am just thinking about this season, not other players. I don't expect any ins or outs in January at Chelsea."
Mourinho will lose Michael Essien to Ghana and Didier Drogba to the Ivory Coast next month as the pair report for international duty in the African Nations Cup in Egypt.
