Frank Lampard admits Chelsea will find it much easier in the transfer market after qualifying for the Champions League.
The Blues finished in fourth-place after Sunday's 2-0 win over Wolves.
The West London club are reportedly close to signing Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen, while they are also on the hunt for a centre-back and goalkeeper.
Asked if recruitment would be easier with Champions League football, Lampard replied: "In brutal honesty I would say yes. Not to say exactly where that will go, because that's not a conversation today off the back of the game straight away.
"We know that the economics of the Champions League are big, we know that. We know the prestige, top players want to play in the Champions League.
"The top players that are here already, even the young players, they want to play in the Champions League.
"To get too far ahead of ourselves and to be concerned for what it might mean from the outside is not a question for today, it's a question for the players that have produced today.
"That can improve anyway, we can all improve. But if we're looking to recruit in certain areas then I think it may help, but those are conversations for after Arsenal, after Bayern Munich, see how we go, because now we've had a good year, we want to have a better year next year.
"So we'll try to better ourselves in any way possible."