Chelsea are poised to step up their pursuit of Gonzalo Higuain.
The Blues have been heavily linked to the Milan striker in recent months, in addition to exploring numerous other options.
Amongst those alternatives were moves for Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Callum Wilson of Bournemouth, but its understood that Higuain remains the preferred choice of manager Maurizio Sarri.
The Italian tactician enjoyed great success with the Argentine during his time with Napoli, and the Telegraph claim that as such, efforts to sign the 31-year-old.
Currently on loan at Milan from Juventus, the West Londoners had explored the possibility of taking over from Milan in the deal.
In addition, Chelsea’s recruitment team had also considered the possibility of buying the striker outright, for a fee believed to be in the region of £32 million.
Dissatisfied with other forward options Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud, Sarri is seemingly desperate to add any recognised front-man to his squad.
