Maurizio Sarri insists that he wants to fight the veteran at Chelsea during the next season

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri said he wanted to keep striker Gonzalo Higuain at the club after the end of the season, despite his difficulties since his loan from Juventus in January.

Higuain has scored just three goals in the Premier League since joining Chelsea and was dropped on the bench after his 3-0 win over Brighton on Wednesday. Despite the apparent difficulty of the striker to adapt to English football, Sarri told the media this week that he hoped the Argentinian would be at the club next season.

When asked if he wanted Higuain to stay in Chelsea, Sarri replied (via The Telegraph): "Yes of course, but it depends on the club, it depends on Juventus. This is not clear the situation at the moment. "

Higuain is currently on loan for six months, but Chelsea has the option to extend it for another 12 months15.5 million or sign it on a permanent basis of £ 31 million. L & # 39; agreement is complicated by the fact that Chelsea has recently been hit by a transfer ban, with a call on hold.

Asked about Higuain's form, Sarri added, "I think he needs to improve, he needs to improve physically, mentally, but I also think he'll be able to be very, very good. useful in the latter part of the season.

"You know very well that playing in the Premier League is not easy in the first few months. This was also a problem for Suarez during the first season in Liverpool. He scored only four goals. During the second season, he scored 17 goals, so it's not easy, especially for an attacker, to play immediately in the Premier League. "

Higuain had the best goal campaign of his career under Sarri in Napoli in the 2015/16 Series A and hopes to show some of that form in Chelsea's last six Premier League games.