News on transfers to Chelsea: Gonzalo Higuain faces a tough battle for the future and Juventus does not want him to come back

Gonzalo Higuain is under pressure to improve his performances in order to secure his long-term future at Chelsea after Juventus said that she did not want the striker to come back, Goal includes.

The 31-year-old joined Stamford Bridge in January after Chelsea took over the loan from AC Milan, which replaced Higuain by Krzysztof Piatek. The Polish has scored eight goals in 10 games since arriving in Genoa. .

Higuain, meanwhile, has scored only three times in 10 games for Chelsea and could remain uncertain this summer, while trying to win 31.3 million pounds in the Premier League.

The long-term future of the 31-year-old is entirely dependent on his form, and Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has openly stated that his contribution to goals and appearances would be taken into account.

"Today, he had an opportunity, too little for him, I think," said Sarri. Goal of Higuain after Chelsea's loss to Everton.

"He can do more, he had problems early in the week, so today it was normal for him to play for only 65 minutes and he needs to improve physically and mentally."

His only three goals were against Huddersfield Town and Fulham, who saw him leave the Argentinian team where the competition for a striker position is particularly fierce.

Sarri had been targeting Higuain since last summer and had only finally entered it after Alvaro Morata's loan to Atletico Madrid in January, but the uncertain future of the Blues manager would constitute a additional factor against the final signing of No.9 by the Stamford Bridge Club.

Chelsea said it would be willing to find a workaround to its limit of only offering one-year contracts for more than 30 players, as was the case when they have signed Olivier Giroud in January 2018, but that depends on the performance of Higuain.

Juventus is convinced that he will not come back to play in Turin. They will therefore seek another buyer if Chelsea does not activate their option.

The Serie A champions have received significant sums of loan fees from Milan and Chelsea, but may be under pressure to renegotiate their option before a summer transfer window in which the Bleus hope to participate.

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Chelsea currently to have a one-year transfer ban imposed by FIFA on the signing of players under 18, but they appealed. This blocks permanent contracts for their players on loan, including Mateo Kovacic, but it should still be canceled in the short term.

FIFA is still stuck in talks with Chelsea, who described as "surprising" the decision not to at least delay the ban during their appeal because of the decision going against established precedents for three Spanish clubs.

The CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) has not yet been contacted, but represents the next option for the club to affect the process.