Chelsea midfielder Ramires is confident he has put his injury nightmare behind him and is ready to help the team's bid to win four trophies this season.

Ramires has barely featured this term due to a painful thigh injury. He has started just three Premier League games, the last of which was against Liverpool two months ago.

But the Brazil international has finally made a full recovery and played his first full 90 minutes since August in the 3-0 victory over Watford in the FA Cup last week.

Chelsea have shown signs of fatigue in recent weeks as their pursuit of four competitions takes its toll, but Ramires says he is now in the right shape to aid their cause.

He said: "I am happy. I have been playing just five or 10 minutes before, but against Spurs I played for 45 minutes and Watford I played the full 90.

"I'm more confident because now I'm okay to play if Jose Mourinho needs me to play more games. I'm in the condition to do that.

"I have had to be patient. I stopped playing regularly for a long time and now for me it's very good to be playing more.

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"I need to do more work to feel more well, but now I can help the team and I'm happy about that.

"It was a muscular injury in my abductor. It is a difficult area to get injured because all your movement depends on this. It was difficult for me because one day it felt very good, others not so good. But I try every day to help the team in games."

Ramires sees the fact that Chelsea have been able to cope without him so easily as a reason to be positive.

They currently lead the title race by two points, are in the semi-finals of the Capital One Cup, the last 16 of the Champions League and the FA Cup Fourth Round.

He added: "It's definitely a good problem to have, when the team has a lot of quality. A team that wants to win competitions and be champions can only gain from knowing that, if you change the players, you see others coming in who you know are not going to lose the momentum.

"The standard isn't going to drop because everyone in the squad has a lot of quality. It's very good for the coach and the squad to have that healthy competition among the players for positions."

Chelsea were only ahead of Manchester City in the Premier League on alphabetical order before the weekend, but the latter dropped back after drawing at Everton.

The two sides meet at Stamford Bridge on January 31st and Ramires, who has not won the title since moving to Stamford Bridge in 2010, feels Chelsea are better equipped to be crowned champions this time.

He said: "Last season we were okay but this season we have improved a lot compared to the last few seasons - everyone can see that.

"We were behind on points trying to catch teams in the past and now we're at the top of the League, even if Man City are right there with us. At this moment we know we only depend on ourselves.

"We have to make sure we get the three points in our home games and then we go to our away games trying to get more points and fight for the title. We are in a good position."