Higuain Accepts To Join Chelsea

Chelsea are on the verge of signing Gonzalo Higuain, according to reports in Spain.

Maurizio Sarri is desperate to bolster his attacking options in the January transfer window and the Argentina international is one of his preferred targets this month.

Higuain thrived under Sarri’s guidance at Napoli and broke the Serie A record with 37 goals in the 2015/16 season. According to Marca, the pair will now be reunited once again as Higuain has ‘said yes’ to Chelsea’s offer.

The report also claims that the deal could now be finalised ‘in the coming hours’ as Chelsea are willing to pay Higuain’s salary, as well as a potential €40 million (£36m) transfer fee to make the loan move permanent in the summer.

Higuain is currently on loan at AC Milan although the 31-year-old has struggled for form with just eight goals in 20 appearances this season.

But Sarri is a huge admirer of Higuain and described the striker as a ‘goal machine’ in an interview with Corriere dello Sport earlier this season.

‘I miss Higuain a great deal. I miss him because he’ll keep scoring goals until the day he dies,’ said the Chelsea manager. ‘He is a goal machine, a systematic and automatic jackpot.’