Maurizio Sarri has reignited his interest in Gonzalo Higuain, according to Sportmediaset.
Sarri is on the hunt for a new striker ahead of the January transfer window, with Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud failing to fire in front of goal.
The Italian was interested in signing Higuain from Juventus in the summer transfer window but Chelsea chiefs were reluctant to spend big on the 31-year-old.
Higuain eventually joined AC Milan on an initial loan deal but, according to Sportmediaset, Sarri will attempt to secure his signature again next month.
He has reportedly asked Chelsea chiefs to try and broker a swap deal for the Argentina international involving Morata.
He started his career with Argentine club River Plate, before a transfer to Real Madrid in January 2007 for €12 million. His time in Spain saw him win honours including three La Liga titles, and score 107 goals in 190 league appearances.
He joined Italian side Napoli for €40 million in July 2013, where he won the Coppa Italia during his first season. In the 2015–16 season, he scored 36 league goals, winning the Capocannoniere title and equalling Gino Rossetti’s 87-year-old record for goals in an Italian top-flight season.
As a result of his goal scoring exploits in Naples, Italian champions Juventus signed him for €90 million in 2016, making him the most expensive South American footballer of all time (until Neymar’s transfer to PSG in 2017); his transfer fee was the highest ever paid by an Italian team (until Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Juventus in 2018) and also the highest of a player transferring within any domestic league.
He won domestic doubles in his first two seasons with Juventus, also reaching the 2017 Champions League final with the club. In 2018, he was loaned to Milan.
Higuaín has been a full international for Argentina since 2009; he has represented the country at three FIFA World Cups and three Copa América tournaments, helping them to second-place finishes at the 2014 World Cup, the 2015 Copa América, and the Copa América Centenario in 2016.