Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain could reportedly return to the Premier League with West Ham United despite struggling at Chelsea.
With Maxi Gomez looking increasingly unlikely to solve West Ham United’s striker problem, the London giants now appear to have turned their attentions to a striker completely at the other end of of his career and almost a decade older.
One of the most bizarre transfer rumours of the summer is doing the rounds on Thursday morning with Gianluca Di Marzio claiming that West Ham have made a bid to sign Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain on loan with an option for a potential £36 million permanent move.
Maybe they’ve forgotten about his rather underwhelming spell a few miles down the road at Stamford Bridge.
Just three years after scoring 36 times in 35 Serie A games for Napoli, breaking an all-time league record in the process, Higuain now looks like a sad, forlorn shadow of that irrepressible goal-machine.
He’s fallen well down the pecking order at Juventus, failed spectacularly on loan at AC Milan and, during a forgettable spell at Chelsea, found the net just five times in 18 games.
Higuain looked sluggish and rather uninspired during his five-month spell in West London and Chelsea fans seem completely nonplussed about West Ham’s apparent interest.
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