Gonzalo Higuain transferred to Chelsea interviewed by Paul Merson for 2 reasons

Gonzalo Higuain is "below his best" and will struggle to reach the pace of what is expected of the Premier League, according to Paul Merson.

Chelsea has accepted a loan agreement for the Argentine striker while Maurizio Sarri is anxiously looking to strengthen the claims of his team on a place in the top four.

But the former Napoli striker, who has only lent eight times this season to AC Milan, where he is loaned by Juventus, has not been able to recover the kind of form that had earned him 36 goals in 35 Serie A games for Sarri's team. in 2015/16.

And Merson thinks that a meeting with Higuain is not the solution to the Blues boss's attack problems.

"I'm not sure of him," he told Sky Sports.

"He was an excellent player, but he has looked below his best lately, he has not been shooting trees for a while, and he is now in the toughest league in the world.

"He will not have time to adjust either, because he needs to get to work, because Chelsea needs someone to play his center role.

"I prefer someone who has already played in the Premier League and who knows what this league requires."

Higuain and Sarri enjoyed a warm relationship during their time together in Naples, with the Stadio San Paolo club who only denied the 2016 Serie A title of the unstoppable form of future champions of Juventus.

And the manager has long made the Argentinian his first priority purchase, with Callum Wilson Bournemouth also on his radar if an agreement did not materialize.

The urgency for Chelsea to find a new striker has only intensified since Bayern Munich has increased its interest in Callum Hudson-Odoi, 18 years old.

Bayern has rejected two mbadive offers for the academy graduate, but the club fears that its head will be returned by the public openings of the Bundesliga champions.