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Release Date: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:04
Former Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko has firmly pinned his colors to the mast after conducting digs at Gonzalo Higuain.
The Argentine frontman finished Wednesday night his loan with Stamford Bridge, while Alvaro Morata had to leave for Atletico Madrid.
The men of Maurizio Sarri have the opportunity to buy Higuain for 36 million euros. (£ 31.3m) or extend the loan for another season in the summer; Shevchenko, who played for both clubs, discussed Higuain's decision to leave Milan for London.
Shevchenko said Il Giornale: "AC Milan can also reach the Champions League without him. However, with the Argentine, it would have been easier.
"Piatek or Higuain? It does not change much. They are two great finishers. Higuain helps the team more, but both are able to score several goals. The one has more physical strength, the other its more rhythm. Higuain has written many pages of football history. Piatek is a promising footballer who has already shown what he can do.
"I do not know the reason for the crisis between Higuain and Chelsea. Everyone has ups and downs, but I do not know what happened. Bonucci and he both left AC Milan. The only thing I know, is that wearing the AC Milan jersey has always been an honor and that it should always be considered an honor. "
Higuain, 31, has scored eight goals in 22 games with Milan this season, but enjoyed his best time under the colors of Sarri in Naples in 2015-16.
The former Real Madrid player tied the Serie A record with 36 goals during the season. He emphasized the importance of Sarri's advice in Naples before joining Juve for 75 million pounds.
The two men are now reunited in West London and Sarri hopes that Higuain will become the deadly central striker who has been missing at Chelsea since Diego Costa's departure.
And Higuain insists that his relationship with Sarri, which includes "the emotional aspect" of his game, gives him the badurance of being able to play in English football.
"Maurizio Sarri is the coach who, in my career, has made the most of me as a player," Higuain told the Chelsea official website after signing
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