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He hasn't been in great form this season and his output has slowly declined over the past few seasons.

Seems like Sheva Mk 2. 

 
Anyone is better than having giroud or morata up top for us. I would take Tammy or bats back rather than keeping them.

 
I'd take him if it's just a loan till the end the season, will make Sarri happy and stop playing the no striker system, probably will score a few goals. Batshuayi looked awful from the CL games I saw him this season, and what's his scoring record like right now? Tammy Abraham needs a season in the premier league before he's going to be a number 2 striker at Chelsea.

 
It's short-termist, but we should back the manager and give him the player he wants up front.

Also gives Morata a path out of the club too, which is no bad thing.

 
Desperate, if true. But I guess we’re desperate enough. 

Why buy Higuain at his age and not Aubemeyang when he was available but deemed too old? It’s just nonsense. 

Giroud was supposed to be a short term fix. Now this. A short term fix for a short term fix. 

Our Board stumble around in the dark, no plan, no vision, just making it up as they go along. Incompetence doesn’t come close. 

 
An 18 month loan would be a good deal.

He can still finish and his link up under Sarri at Napoli was incredibly good. He broke the 60 year long record for Serie A goals.

However, that was three years ago and he seems to be in a bit of a decline.

 
He will be better than what we have but once again the boards incompetence comes back to bite them. The time was in the summer to get a striker not Jan, on an old Higuan who will only grow slower and massive expectations put on him. Much rather get Tammy back and go all in for Icardi summer time. As many have said, no plan or vision. Where the hell is RA, he used to take control of matters in and out.

 
Amputechture said:
Isn't he currently on loan at AC Milan?
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This is what makes zero sense for me. Why would Milan swap an “OKish” forward for a “crappy” one when the former can fire them into the CL. Why  would Juve cancel a loan move with an option to buy in 6mths for an 18mth loan deal with a new club? I’d rather have the younger Cutrone.

PS. Fun fact Higuain hasn’t scored in the league since Oct, he would fit in well here then.

 
atomis said:
He will be better than what we have but once again the boards incompetence comes back to bite them. The time was in the summer to get a striker not Jan, on an old Higuan who will only grow slower and massive expectations put on him. Much rather get Tammy back and go all in for Icardi summer time. As many have said, no plan or vision. Where the hell is RA, he used to take control of matters in and out.
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It's easy to say in hindsight, but I am sure the board wanted to give Morata the benefit of the doubt this season. He didn't perform great last season, but not enough to write him off under a season with Sarri. Unfortunately it hasn't turned out well, so gotta look at other options. For anybody to say they could predict Morata wouldn't perform this season is lying. Nobody knew for certain as last season he was injured in periods and went through personal issues, first time in a new league, trying to settle into life in London etc. Getting Icardi would be incredibly tough as we won't be the only club interested or can afford him. 

 
enigma said:
It's easy to say in hindsight, but I am sure the board wanted to give Morata the benefit of the doubt this season. He didn't perform great last season, but not enough to write him off under a season with Sarri. Unfortunately it hasn't turned out well, so gotta look at other options. For anybody to say they could predict Morata wouldn't perform this season is lying. Nobody knew for certain as last season he was injured in periods and went through personal issues, first time in a new league, trying to settle into life in London etc. Getting Icardi would be incredibly tough as we won't be the only club interested or can afford him. 
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Sorry but no.....not in this case. We saw plenty last season to know he would not be the answer. He is too weak mentally, too weak physically and just a horrible finisher most of the time. He is just not fit for epl at this level. Did the board really think he would suddenly bang them in just cause Sarii is here? We essentially went to the season striker'less.

 
What a sorry state we are in....club has no vision when it comes to young players, the Board just want instant gratification every season...shame we can't suffer for a season or two to bed in the youngsters, instead of buying or loaning has been's and buying mediocrity...I'm sure the fans would understand 

 
atomis said:
He will be better than what we have but once again the boards incompetence comes back to bite them. The time was in the summer to get a striker not Jan, on an old Higuan who will only grow slower and massive expectations put on him. Much rather get Tammy back and go all in for Icardi summer time. As many have said, no plan or vision. Where the hell is RA, he used to take control of matters in and out.
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It was all Emenalo, for all the sh*t he got from our fans, he was the one behind our best young signings of the last decade. Have we noticed that since his departure we have had a much weaker squad overall?

 
RMCM said:
It was all Emenalo, for all the sh*t he got from our fans, he was the one behind our best young signings of the last decade. Have we noticed that since his departure we have had a much weaker squad overall?
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Most def..........

 
I am 100% convinced that Pepita wouldn't improve this squad at all.

Big teams don't sign washed up or bench players but Chelsea board has been doing it with Giroud,Kovacic,Morata so no wonder we must play either the Conte way or like Sarri with Hazard as a false 9.

Signing Higuain is a clear sign that the board became worse than Arsenal.

 
Gol15 said:
I am 100% convinced that Pepita wouldn't improve this squad at all.

Big teams don't sign washed up or bench players but Chelsea board has been doing it with Giroud,Kovacic,Morata so no wonder we must play either the Conte way or like Sarri with Hazard as a false 9.

Signing Higuain is a clear sign that the board became worse than Arsenal.
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I don't see how swapping Higuain for Morata, as long as it's a loan agreement till the end of the season, is a bad idea for Chelsea.

Even if Higuain fails here, what do we have to lose? By now we know for a fact that Morata is a hopeless case, at least with Higuain we can try someone else and that's someone Sarri knows and worked with. If nothing good comes of it, he'll be gone at the end of the season anyway, so it's a win/win for me, given how terrible Morata has been.

I know Pipita's been struggling lately but given how difficult it is to sign players midseason, this is probably our best bet at potentially improving our situation upfront, even as a short term gap. I know people bitch and moan about the board and I do my share of it too, but sometimes things just don't work out the way we want. We don't want to sign older past-it players but buying young talent isn't a sure thing either (Morata, Batshuayi). There are no guarantees in this business, but at this point it almost seems, if Higuain comes in place of Morata and scores big fat zero all the way through May, we'd probably be in the exactly same position if we didn't do anything at all, so where's the downside.

 
Higuain enjoying his Xmas lol

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PS it's not actually him

 
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