Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain has been loaned to Chelsea until the end of the season by Juventus, the fourth-ranked club of the England Championship announced on Wednesday.
The fourth championship of his career. "When I had the opportunity to join Chelsea, I grabbed it," said the 31-year-old Argentine player on the Blues website. Higuain, already loaned in the first half of the season AC Milan, will find his former coach in Naples Maurizio Sarri Chelsea where the Argentine striker had exploded all statistics.
In England, the native of Brest will discover a fourth championship after Argentina (River Plate), Spain (Real Madrid) and Italy (Naples, Juventus, AC Milan).
Chelsea remains in the race for the podium. With Higuain, the Italian coach of the Blues offers a reinforcement of weight, while Chelsea is engaged in the race for podium in England (Tottenham, 3rd, account 4 points ahead) and is still in the running in the Europa League, with a double confrontation expected in the round of 16 against the Swedes from Malmö.