When Gonzalo Higuain does arrive at Chelsea, he’ll be a major boost for sure, but one can’t expect him to be the club’s savior. The Blues have some major issues to resolve, in all position groups, and no one single player can come in and fix all that is broken right now.

Beyond that Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri sees severe problems with his own team’s motivation, as he ranted about this topic after his side lost a crunch clash at Arsenal 2-0 on Saturday. Sarri said he wanted to begin his postgame media session with a message to his players, and he wanted to do it in his native tongue of Italian, so that the message was perfectly clear.

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Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has said that he will not consider a formational switch at this time, despite the team’s scoring slump. Doing the same thing and expecting different results is the very definition of insanity so how does Sarri expect to get Chelsea’s grrove back this season? Maybe a reunion with his former Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain will get things going again? Higuain’s arrival is reportedly imminent, with potential for a formal announcement coming as early as Sunday or Monday.

According to The Daily Mirror, the Juventus forward will complete his Chelsea medical within the next 48 hours before an official unveiling to the public is made. Reportedly, Juve eventually caved into Stamford Bridge’s demands that the deal be a loan with an option to buy instead of a straight up purchase.

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When Maurizio Sarri took over for Antonio Conte this summer at Chelsea FC, it was thought the Blues would become higher scoring and more entertaining. The football product would be more aesthetically pleasing and the results improved.

And for awhile that’s exactly what happened as Chelsea stayed undefeated pretty late into the season. But then they came back to Earth and leveled off, following by a dry stretch. And now they have scored just one more goal and garnered only one more Premier League point than at the very same stage of last term, when they were led by Conte.

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Chelsea FC have been strongly linked with Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuain for quite some time, and now it appears this transfer saga is quickly headed towards conclusion.

According to The Guardian, Higuain “is expected in London over the next 48 hours to undertake a medical and complete the formalities” of his transfer. The outlet states that the 31-year-old, who spent the first half of the season on loan with Milan, has already said his Juve goodbyes. The transaction calls for the Argentinian to join the west London side on a six-month loan initially, with the chance to stick around long term should he reach certain performance and production benchmarks.

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It’s time to talk all things transfers as the January window is now open for business. In this article we focus on Chelsea FC, the club that has been the most relevant thus far in the window. Stamford Bridge has acquired Christian Pulisic from Borussia Dortmund and sent Cesc Fabregas to AS Monaco.

They are far from done with their January transfer business, so let’s take a look at the latest rumors making the tabloid rounds today. For part one of Chelsea transfer talk, go to this link.

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It’s time to talk all things transfers as the January window is now open for business. In this article we focus on Chelsea FC, the club that has been the most relevant thus far in the window. Stamford Bridge has acquired Christian Pulisic from Borussia Dortmund and sent Cesc Fabregas to AS Monaco.

They are far from done with their January transfer business, so let’s take a look at the latest rumors making the tabloid rounds today. For part two of Chelsea transfer talk, go to this link.

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Chelsea central defender David Luiz is a top trending term on Twitter right now due to the absolutely stunning pass he completed to forward Pedro who finished with a scoring strike in the first half against Newcastle United.

Watch this sublime, approximately 60-yard pass from the Brazilian to the winger which opened the scoring in the 9′ of Chelsea’s hosting of Newcastle United. In fact, watch it a few times, as it is certainly something which belongs on every network’s “top plays” segment today.

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