Gonzalo Higuain

[Pizy 18,409]

Has real boom or bust potential. If he's at his best and hits the ground running he's one of the best pure #9's about. But at his age and with his physique he's also a significant risk.

Even if he's not the Higuain of the last couple of seasons he should still feast against small teams and put away all those 1v1's that Morata fluffs.

[the wes 7,212]

Fabio Capello says Ronaldo's signing is "genius". The Italian expects Juventus' Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain, 30, to now leave for Chelsea. (Football Italia)

[Alabama 1,992]

Hope move for this guy won't hinder our suppose move for Golovin and James Rodriguez or another player of equal quality on the right wing... We need quality competitions in attacking positions... 

[Liuxas 121]

8 minutes ago, eemanyooel said:

Hope move for this guy won't hinder our suppose move for Golovin and James Rodriguez or another player of equal quality on the right wing... We need quality competitions in attacking positions... 

Exactly. We must sign right winger this summer. Because Willian and Pedro not good enough. Hope we have the power to sign star player like Bale who probably will leave Real like Ronaldo. If no then Lozano or Pulisic as Right Winger for us. 

[manpe 10,861]

7 hours ago, Liuxas said:

Exactly. We must sign right winger this summer. Because Willian and Pedro not good enough. Hope we have the power to sign star player like Bale who probably will leave Real like Ronaldo. If no then Lozano or Pulisic as Right Winger for us. 

There are stories that Sarri doesn't want to sell Willian. For the right price the club would of course sell, hopefully. Need to get rid of this rat.

Regarding Higuain - he is not Crouch, Benteke or Rondon, so I'd be delighted with him. Can't believe we are on the verge of signing 2 world class players.

[The Skipper 20,593]

42 minutes ago, manpe said:

There are stories that Sarri doesn't want to sell Willian. For the right price the club would of course sell, hopefully. Need to get rid of this rat.

Regarding Higuain - he is not Crouch, Benteke or Rondon, so I'd be delighted with him. Can't believe we are on the verge of signing 2 world class players.

You genuinely think Higuain is world class?

[manpe 10,861]

1 minute ago, The Skipper said:

You genuinely think Higuain is world class?

Well it's far-fetched to say it now, but he used to be not so long ago. None of our strikers were more than average.

[The Skipper 20,593]

2 minutes ago, manpe said:

Well it's far-fetched to say it now, but he used to be not so long ago. None of our strikers were more than average.

He’s still a decent player but like you mentioned - his physique worries me a lot. It’s fine in Italy where the pace of the game is slightly more methodical and slower, but he might seem like a fish out of water here unless he does come back to being as trim as his Real Madrid days...

[manpe 10,861]

7 minutes ago, The Skipper said:

He’s still a decent player but like you mentioned - his physique worries me a lot. It’s fine in Italy where the pace of the game is slightly more methodical and slower, but he might seem like a fish out of water here unless he does come back to being as trim as his Real Madrid days...

He clearly lost some motivation in Juventus recently. Hoping that working in a new environment with Sarri for new challenges will bring that spark back.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Hope not. Much better options out there

[Dimitr 488]

If we don’t lose morata ,Higuaín transfer is ok and clever.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Chelsea and Higuain have reached a 3 year agreement with an option of additional year with a transfer fee of 60 million Euros deposited to #Juventus. The deal is expected to close in the next few days. #CFC (via @GiuliaStronati)

[Alabama 1,992]

13 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

Chelsea and Higuain have reached a 3 year agreement with an option of additional year with a transfer fee of 60 million Euros deposited to #Juventus. The deal is expected to close in the next few days. #CFC (via @GiuliaStronati)

How genuine is this source... 

[dreamcfc 182]

I don't see us paying 60m euro for him that's for sure.

[The Skipper 20,593]

If we sell Batshuayi then I’m okay with Higuain, Morata and Giroud as the front three tbh. 

[killer1257 3,282]

The next Torres

[DDA 9,689]

I actually really like Higuain but we already have an old man on the books. We should be targeting a young, explosive striker. Maybe Sarri has big plans for Batsman and Morata.

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

2 hours ago, The Skipper said:

If we sell Batshuayi then I’m okay with Higuain, Morata and Giroud as the front three tbh. 

I'd be more okay with selling Morata.  I think Bats has a lot of potential whereas Morata is more the finished article.  If we have Higuain and Giroud, we could get away with keeping the player with more potential, IMO.

Having said that.  I'd be happier to keep Morata instead of buying Higuain.  Unless we end up better off financially (by selling Morata for more), I just don't see the point in getting Higuain in.