Gonzalo Higuain's move to Chelsea "in the air," says AC Milan's chief

The deputy director of AC Milan, Luigi Riccio, revealed that the transfer of Gonzalo Higuain to Chelsea remained "in the air",

Higuain, loaned to Milan by Juventus, was wanted in Chelsea by his former boss of Naples, Maurizio Sarri.

The striker did not play, while Milan won a 2-0 win in Serie A in Genoa on Monday, while Rossoneri's badistant, Riccio, was phlegmatic about the fact that he had not won. absence of the Argentine striker.

"Regarding the transfer market, we are all adults, we know how to handle these situations," Riccio said, according to Gazzetta.

"He's been in the air for a few days.

"But we will work with the players at our disposal."

Chelsea boss Sarri is hoping his Stamford Bridge team will meet his critics after Arsenal's unfortunate defeat. He wants Higuain to support his bid for the Carabao Cup final.

Chelsea has until Wednesday noon to reach an agreement with Higuain if they want him to be in the team for the return leg in Thursday's semifinal with Tottenham at Stamford Bridge, according to the rules of the EFL.

Higuain was excluded from the Milan team for Monday's visit to Genoa. Rossoneri director Gennaro Gattuso admitted before the match that speculation had disrupted preparations.

Genoa could help accelerate Higuain's departure to London by selling Krzysztof Piatek to Milan.

The clubs would be expected to discuss an agreement for the Polish striker after the Monday afternoon game.

The agreement for Higuain is complex because the negotiations must involve Milan and his parent club, Juventus.

The Blues normally prefer short-term engagements to players over the age of 30, but it appears that Sarri has persuaded Chelsea transfer manager Marina Granovskaia to compromise on the 31-year-old Higuain.

Higuain played under Sarri for one season, scoring 36 goals in 36 Serie A matches for Naples in 2015-16 before joining Juventus.

Chelsea boss Sarri gave up his native Italian and hired an interpreter to make sure his message was clearly conveyed after the loss to Arsenal last Saturday.

Sarri then said that a new arrival could galvanize a team that he found "extremely difficult to motivate".
The Italian also promised not to weaken in his commitment to his 4-3-3 formation and tactics that earned him the name of "Sarri-ball".

Such comments place a lot of hope on the former Real Madrid striker, Higuain, who has no experience of English national football.

Callum Hudson-Odoi, who has been in contact with Bayern Munich throughout the transfer period, is a player Chelsea hopes to keep.

Sarri has left Alvaro Morata out of the Chelsea squad for the last three games, in anticipation of an early start. Atletico Madrid would be the most likely destination.

Morata has already scored nine goals this season, one more than Higuain managed in Milan, but he has been on the wrong track since his transfer from Real Madrid to £ 60m in July 2017.

Morata was billed as Diego Costa's long-time substitute, but could now follow his fellow Spanish striker in Madrid.