Italian outlet La Gazetta dello Sport, is today reporting that Chelsea are keen to propose a swap deal with Juventus which would see Alvaro Morata move back to Italy and Gonzalo Higuaín move to Chelsea. Chelsea are expecting Maurizio Sarri to take over at Stamford Bridge very soon and Sarri is said to be interested in bringing Higuaín to London after spending a season with him at Napoli.
Prolific goal-scorer Higuaín is now 30 years of age and has enjoyed an illustrious career in which he has proven to be a prolific goal scorer. The Argentinean moved to Real Madrid in January of 2007 for a fee of around £10.8 million. While at Madrid Higuaín cemented his name as one of the world’s best strikers. Higuaín played 264 games for the Spanish giants scoring 122 and assisting 56 in that time. The forward also helped Madrid win three La Liga titles, one Spanish Cup and two Spanish Super Cups.
Higuaín would then leave Madrid for Serie A side Napoli in 2013 for £35 million. The Argentinean played 147 games for Napoli scoring 92 and assisting 26 before signing with Juventus in 2016 for a huge fee of £78 million.Since arriving at Juventus Higuaín has played 105 games over two seasons, scoring 55 and assisting 12 for the Italian giants.
Now, however, Juventus could be set to offload the ageing Higuaín for Alvaro Morata. But given Morata’s past season with Chelsea, why Juventus are so keen to reunite with Morata is a bit strange.