Higuain

[the special one]

I meant that he isn't really the personality that I would like, he went from Napoli to Juventus at the time when Napoli was so close to overcome them and now he's in Milan. On top of it he's older, and not even that good, he wouldn't make our squad better it's a gamble and a huge claim to say that with him we will surely be in the top 4.

OK, you could say then that it's an even bigger gamble to continue without any changes at all, but I don't see that Higuain is a good player and thus I wouldn't even consider him as an option, for example Conte wanted more players, particularly he wanted someone in addition to Morata that was proving to be not capable of leading the attack but he didn't like Michy. So he got Giroud and we still have him but he isn't really scoring much he is like an anchor so the same problem remains and Higuain is pretty much the same age as Giroud is.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if the whole scouting system and board can't think of any other solution part from getting Higuain, we won't last long in top 4 in seasons to come regardless if we manage to do it this season. I think there is some Charley Brown from the youth system that can finish better than Morata already, why not try something like that, with potential?
It's a real shame that RLC got his chance and so did CHO in the same way that none of them deserved, both got too big as talents that the club simply couldn't ignore them anymore, that should have been done with a far better approach from the club where after their talent is recognized they wouldn't need any hype from the media or threats from leaving the club in order to get their spot in the squad.

Fair enough. Just an interesting choice of words. 

I'd like to think Redan and Tammy will eventually get a chance but who knows, I won't get my hopes up.

Like you I'm not convinced by Higuain either but at this stage I'm not sure what else we can do.

 

[Malcolm9]

I remember people were saying Higuain was washed up when he got a big money move to Juve, he proved them wrong.

Juve would have kept him if they didn't spunk a ton of money and wages on Ronaldo.

 

[icecoolguy22]

Don't think Juventus will give us a 6 months trial and buy, pretty sure it will be the whole package, which meant we will have him on the books for the next 2-3 seasons. I said ride it out because Hazard is the trusted option at moment, unless there's a much better option comes along ( which is NOT higuain), just  stick with Hazard and play the other 2 in cup games. We could miss out the top 4, with or without Huguain.

 

[dansubrosa]

I think we’ll be surprised with Higuaín. IMO he’s going to do what Eto’o did for us, a top striker past his prime but still scoring, keeping us going until we find a top striker. I won’t be happy if we pay more than around 20m for him though, clearly he is a stop gap.

 

[CFCCAN]

Talksport reporting...looks like its happening

https://talksport.com/football/473337/gonzalo-higuain-transfer-ac-milan-gennaro-gattuso-confirms-chelsea-target-decided-to-leave/

 

[Malcolm9]

Don't think Juventus will give us a 6 months trial and buy, pretty sure it will be the whole package, which meant we will have him on the books for the next 2-3 seasons. I said ride it out because Hazard is the trusted option at moment, unless there's a much better option comes along ( which is NOT higuain), just  stick with Hazard and play the other 2 in cup games. We could miss out the top 4, with or without Huguain.

The False 9 formation isn't great, we need a striker who can score and actually make defences think. Hazard is wasted in that role as well.

A 4-2-3-1 formation would be much better, playing Hazard in the 10 role behind the striker, with the option of Willian/CHO to the left of him and Pedro/CHO on the right. We would have Jorginho and Kante playing as the two centre mids.

We wouldn't sign Higuain for 2-3 years due to our over 30 policy. 

 

[JM7]

One thing is for sure, we need some fresh options in our attack. The goals are drying up. 

 

[evissy]

Last time we brought in a seasoned attacking player that took over the Prem was probably Zola. Not convinced Higuain will do that. 

 

[ForeverCarefree]

Last time we brought in a seasoned attacking player that took over the Prem was probably Zola. Not convinced Higuain will do that. 

George Weah? (Gave us a short term lift when we were struggling for goals up front).

Eto’o? (He did okay, should never have been our first choice though)

 

[evissy]

George Weah? (Gave us a short term lift when we were struggling for goals up front).

Eto’o? (He did okay, should never have been our first choice though)

I don't remember what Weah accomplished but you are spot on with Eto'o. He was good. 

Anyway if we go for Higuain let it be a loan deal. 

 

[Nibs]

I want us to look forward, get a striker yet to hit his peak, not sign yet another striker who's best years are behind him and the only reason he would be joining us is the massive £££££££

Really hope he doesn't come - would be yet more short-sightedness by the club

 

[Malcolm9]

I want us to look forward, get a striker yet to hit his peak, not sign yet another striker who's best years are behind him and the only reason he would be joining us is the massive £££££££

Really hope he doesn't come - would be yet more short-sightedness by the club

Look, before we can attract a long term top striker we need to qualify for the Champions League first. A short term gain will boost us for the season and our objective to finish in the top four.

 

[chi blue]

I want us to look forward, get a striker yet to hit his peak, not sign yet another striker who's best years are behind him and the only reason he would be joining us is the massive £££££££

Really hope he doesn't come - would be yet more short-sightedness by the club

The worry I have is that we will end up with lakaku in the summer, he will become surplus to requirements at United and we aren't as a club in the market these days for the top strikers, so will end up with lakaku, hope I'm wrong.

 

[strider6004]

I don't see him coming back, mid table team for him I think If United will take the hit in a lower fee or a loan to Europe.

 

[opinionsarelike]

It's so frustrating and confusing. Some times, the club makes these purchases which seems in line with what the club tries to do. Pulisic is an example of that; young, pacey and can be formed into a better player. Yes, we did probably overpay, but we overpayed for the correct type of player.

The club must've known that our striker situation was uncertain last summer. We gave Morata one more chance, which was probably the correct one given the investment and the toxity Conte brought in his last 3-4 months at the club. I don't really want to talk about Giroud, he's in my opinion awful, and we sacked probably the only coach who will work with that sort of player.

Safe to say that our gamble didn't pay off. But that's okay, not every gamble pays off. However, the club should have had every scout on the look out for a new striker since August, week in and week out, so that we could get someone in in January if all things went tits up. 

So, here we are, in January, and the names we are linked to are seemingly Callum Wilson, Gonzalo Higuain and Jamie Vardy. The former will cost a fortune, barely has any knees left and hasn't played a full season in years. Higuain is declining, and will have to move to a faster league. He's also old and a wage drain. Jamie Vardy is a 31 year old striker who lives on the shoulder and running in behind, however we don't get space in behind.

How come these are the alternatives we end up looking at, when the club fully knew that we made a gamble on Morata this season? I just don't understand what the club does at times, it makes no sense to me how we try to hardballl sometimes. You have legends like Lampard and Terry, who only got 1 year deals, but then you run the club into such a state of panic that you give out a 1,5 year contract for Giroud? And we're definitely looking at the same for Higuain, Juventus wants him off their books so we'll have to keep him for at least 1,5 years.

 

[Spiller86]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/11606400/8216chelsea-recruitment-policy-confusing8217

Dom Fifield hitting nails on the head on Sunday Supplement.

Our transfer policy is a mess and we desperately need a technical director and a plan for what we want the squad to look like long term, not for the eccentricities of a particular tactical approach.

 

[atomis]

Just one misfiring striker for the other, give it a few months people will hate him more than Morata. Given how we got ourself into this dilemma in the first place, either recall strikers on loan, or try to get what's left in the strikers and Hazard, adjust formation ( won't happen), just ride out the rest of the season some how, and do proper business during summer ( hope more than anything). This kind of short term 'fix' doesn't fix anything, just another name on payroll.

Lack of vision and insight tend to do this....... Anything other than a loan and we are back where we started. He is not the striker he was, a new League etc....he might bang in a few welcoming goals, but summer time we must address this asap. And for those saying Eto did well so will Higuian......Jose used a system that suited the team and his abilities. Take that Eto and put him here and he will struggle.

 

[enigma]

We don't have much choice, but to rely on Higuain. The jokers on the board apparently wanting Callum f**king Wilson over a proven, elite striker like Higuain is illogical if true. We need a striker, the board need to support Sarri in the market.

Higuain has played under Sarri and still has goals left in him. Let's not forget Drogba had his best season with us at the same age as Higuain is now. Higuain is certainly not over the hill, and the boards reluctance to sign him in favour of a striker of Wilson's calibre is dumb. 

I am surprised Roman trusts these people tbh. These are supposed to be business people, business people! Considering the money he board has wasted on average talent, you wouldn't think they were intelligent business people. 

 

[Oli]

Elite striker, he is struggling to cope with the pace in Serie A this season, and has a worse record than Morata. This isnt let Sarri hire his favourites FC. We are being linked with players like Wilson and Higuain, when even teams like Arsenal bought two quality strikers. It has been a while now since we have known we need a top quality striker for us to compete for the league again. Last January we were in a mess and signed Arsenals 4th choice striker, and it seems like no lessons have been learnt.

If Sarri is intent on not playing Morata or Giroud anymore, so we have no choice but to sign Higuain, then i pray its just a temp loan. Otherwise this circus will continue for another 2 years.

 

[Argo]

Lack of vision and insight tend to do this....... Anything other than a loan and we are back where we started. He is not the striker he was, a new League etc....he might bang in a few welcoming goals, but summer time we must address this asap. And for those saying Eto did well so will Higuian......Jose used a system that suited the team and his abilities. Take that Eto and put him here and he will struggle.

On the contary, Eto'o's link up and movement for us was top class, he just lost the pace and power that made him so good at Mallorca, Barcelona and Inter. 

If we had even that Eto'o in this team we would be in next seasons CL already.