Chelsea are keen to use Alvaro Morata in negotiations with Juventus for Gonzalo Higuain.

The Mirror says new Blues manager Maurizio Sarri is offering Alvaro Morata as bait in the deal for £240,000-a-week striker Higuain, and the Italians are interested in selling following their spectacular capture of Ronaldo.

They are looking to recoup a big chunk of the £80m they paid for the Spaniard two years ago.

Morata, signed for £58m last summer from Real Madrid, wants out of Chelsea after just a year having failed to adapt to English football. He has also attracted interest from Italy's AC Milan.