Gonzalo Higuain: AC Milan boss Gennaro Gattuso 'holding tightly' to Chelsea target

AC Milan head coach Gennaro Gattuso says he is "holding on tightly" to striker Gonzalo Higuain, amid interest from Chelsea.

The Argentina forward has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in January to join Maurizio Sarri, who managed him at Napoli.

The 31-year-old is on a season-long loan at Milan from Juventus.

"When a player makes up his mind it becomes hard to convince them otherwise," said Gattuso of Higuain.

Higuain had his most successful season under Sarri, equalling the Serie A goalscoring record with 36 goals in the 2015-16 season.

He has scored eight goals in all competitions for Milan this season, having left Juventus following the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in July 2018.

"When a player makes up his mind it becomes hard to convince them otherwise," said Gattuso.

"I have a relationship with him that features great honesty - we say things to one another's face.

"At the moment, he's our player and we're holding on tightly to him.

"I don't know what will happen. If it was up to me, I'd keep him at my house and feed him my dinner."

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I guess it boils down to what Mr Gattuso has for dinner.
Higuain, while struggling with his weight at times has an incredible goal scoring record. Anyone disagreeing with that is just ignorant to the facts. However for the money involved and the potential risk for Sarri, Chelsea should steer clear and try and identify a younger, more suitable striker.
@25digger,Torres won more in one season at CFC than he ever won at scousers champions league & FA cup,won nowt at LFC, crespo two titles, get you're facts right dummy
Higuain is a decent striker would be better than what chelsea gave at the moment and to get top 4 this season he is needed but that is a short time reward

i think it best to look for someone younger that you know has 5 years in him not someone that will last a year

chelsea are struggling and the manager is not getting the best out of the players and playing them in the wrong places
I think the last thing Higuian needs is another dinner....
I'd much rather Chelsea concentrating on keeping hold of their young, upcoming talent like CHO and Tammy abraham etc than going after 'big name' 'big budget' na,es that are approaching the end of their careers like this Higuain geezer
Chelsea do not necessarily need Higuain. Play one of the two strikers they have rather than Eden as a false nine and start getting balls into the box. Go long if necessary. Push Luiz into the midfield and get Christensen or Ampadu in the back line. Get Kante in his best position and recall Tammy from Villa.
Looks like he gets plenty to eat LOL
I’m not convinced he’s the answer - should be looking for a longer term solution.

If they are going for an experience striker then bringing back Costa wouldn’t be a bad alternative!
@25 Digger

Agreed. "Be careful what you wish for" comes to mind. I like Gattuso's comment about keeping Higuain at his home and feeding him his dinner. It's nice to be wanted, but if the player fancies his chances under a manager he has reacted to positively in the past, it may very well happen.
8 goals this season? no better than Morata then plus he's never played in England and out of shape. Ideal. Morata is decent enough if you play to his strengths. When Barkley plays and makes direct runs Morata looks way better. 1st rule of buying players is they have to be better than what you've got, so sell some deadwood(loads to choose from) and go for Griezmann/Dybala/Mbeppe or get coaching.
Higuain ??

Arguably he misses even more sitters than Morata

Chelsea fans should be a little concerned at the prospect of those 2 being the spearhead
Past Chelsea Managers such as Conte and others from the past 5 seasons were denied their choice of Strikers. The result being that there was an immediate barrier between the player and the "Boss", viz a viz the, Di Costa saga. Let Sarri have his choice..
@21 Cuparman. In the 80's when A.C Milan were winning everything they were paying the likes of Van Basten £40,000 a week, the top earners over here were on about £2-3,000. That's where their prestige came from. Swings and roundabouts fella.
Looking at Guttuso's waistline, to offer Higuain his meals must mean he really does love him!
I wouldn’t want Gattuso’s dinner. Given the way he played football I imagine he only eats raw mince and dog food.
23. Posted by budicca on
1 hour ago
"@21 Cuparman. In the 80's when A.C Milan were winning everything they were paying the likes of Van Basten £40,000 a week, the top earners over here were on about £2-3,000."

Where is your source for this information?
Higuaín is not the answer for Chelsea. A decent finisher (most of the time) but he isn't going to create chances, lead a line or hold the ball up. He looked woefully off the pace for most of his Madrid career, only being able to find form in the slower Serie A. He's another Morata. If they splash £50m plus on him instead of giving Hudson-Odoi or Ambraham a go they need their heads examined.
@37, i thought it was a hys on higuian
oh goody , we can bring back the " who ate all the pies song "