Higuain said he felt only Sarri wanted him so that is why he went to Milan where he felt more wanted. If Chelsea are making just one more signing then I think it'll be an attacker but they need to cut down their squad first. Currently
they have 34 players needed to be registered (Abraham, Ampadu and Hudson-Odoi are fine).
Players that are pretty certain to be registered:
- Courtois
- Caballero
- Green (HG)
- Rudiger
- Christensen (HG)
- Luiz
- Cahill (HG)
- Alonso
- Emerson
- Azpilicueta
- Zappacosta
- Kante
- Jorginho
- Bakayoko
- Fabregas (HG)
- Moses (HG)
- Barkley (HG)
- Hazard
- Pedro
- Willian
- Morata
- Batshuayi (50/50, think he'll be off if Chelsea can sign another attacker)
- Giroud
Players that will probably be loaned out/sold who would need to be registered if they stayed:
- Zouma
- Kalas
- Hector (HG)
- Miazga
- Omeruo
- Aina (HG)
- Drinkwater (HG)
- Loftus-Cheek (HG, regular football)
- Musonda Jr (HG)
- Piazon (HG)
Injured:
- van Ginkel
I really do think the player numbers issue is why Chelsea haven't made more moves in the market.
Homegrown status is a big problem for Chelsea too. From the players I mentioned in the first list, Chelsea wouldn't be able to register any more unless they were homegrown too.
Makes sense for Chelsea to be linked with Pickford and Zaha. Would sort out their numbers for a bit but Green and Cahill won't be at Chelsea much longer so numbers will be an issue again unless the next set of Chelsea academy players push on like Ampadu, Hudson-Odoi and Christensen are doing.