Chelsea continue to pursue a prolific marksman to lead the Blues strike-force and Jose Mourinho has set his sights on Gonzalo Higuain, with the Argentine publicly stating that his former boss wants to bring him to Stamford Bridge this summer.
Though the Argentine often played second fiddle to Karim Benzema in Mourinho’s first team picture during his three year stint in charge of Real Madrid it is thought that the Chelsea manager retained a good rapport with the former River Plate man, due to primarily to the fact that the striker never took the ‘perceived snub’ to heart.
Indeed when called upon Higuain was a regular goal-scorer as evidenced by the fact that the 25 year old scored 16 La Liga goals in 2012/13 despite making just 19 starts.
Mourinho has been impressed with the efforts of youngster Romelu Lukaku during pre-season action and German forward Andre Schurrle is settling in well but there are big question marks over whether the Chelsea boss has any intention of using Fernando Torres or Demba Ba in prominent roles is reportedly ready to cash-in on either as he looks to bring in fresh attacking options.
The Blues boss is ready to meet Real Madrid’s £25m valuation though the likes of Arsenal and Napoli are also said to be keen on the consistent forward.