European football expert Gabrielle Marcotti isn’t convinced a deal for Higuain will get over the line though.
“I think there’s a number of issues here,” he told the Guillem Balague Transfer Show.
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Chelsea ace Alvaro Morata is wanted by Atletico Madrid (Image: GETTY)
“The first one is from Chelsea’s perspective, Chelsea haven’t qualified for the Champions League in two of the past three seasons.
“And they’ve had to make enormous payouts to Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho.
“On top of that, Chelsea have four players who are very important to them who go out of contract in 2020.
“They have to either extend or sell in the summer - that’s Eden Hazard, Willian, Pedro and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
“Another factor is Chelsea have just spent €64m (£57.5m) on Christian Pulisic so Chelsea aren’t exactly rolling in money.
“It’s important for them to finish top four this season but they have budgets.
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri is keen to sign Gonzalo Higuain (Image: GETTY)
“If Higuain were in the Premier League he would be one of the top five paid players.
“And that’s on his current wages and as players move they like to get a bump in wages.
“Chelsea are going to be very reluctant to take on a multi-year deal for a guy that’s not going to have any resale value, for a guy who is on an enormous wage.
“They would rather go and give the money to Eden Hazard to try to get him to stay.
“Right now, Higuain makes about £3m a year more than Eden Hazard.