Chelsea are doing brilliantly under the management of Italian boss Antonio Conte and currently sit in second place, only a single point behind league leaders Liverpool.
Star striker Diego Costa is the leading goalscorer in the PL this season and the Blues also have a quality striker on the bench in the form of Batshuayi who joined the club in the summer transfer window. The Belgian international has not started a league game yet.
In all fairness, Chelsea do not need to strengthen their strike-force. However, if reports in the media are anything to go by then the Blues are linked with Sampdoria star Luis Muriel.
Few days back Don Balon reported that Conte is interested in signing the 25-year-old Colombian international and a fee worth 15 million euros should be enough to lure him.
Now, Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has told the suitors that the South American center forward is not for sale and has a release clause of 35 million euros ($38million) in his contract (Talksport via Radio CRC).
This season, Muriel has featured in 13 games in all competitions for the Italian side, scored 6 goals and provided 3 assists.
In your opinion, should Chelsea splash the cash and sign Luis Muriel?
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‘In all fairness, Chelsea do not need to strengthen their strike-force’?….. Of course Chelsea need to strengthen their strike force if they want to win anything this season. Batshuayi is a work in progress who may or may not make the grade in the Premiership. Diego Costa has suffered with injury problems for the last 5 seasons and is now carrying a further injury going into the International weekend. He also invariably gets a ban or two due to his disciplinary record. Batshuayi, although showing much promise has not yet shown that he has that killer instinct all top goal scorers need to succeed at the very top level. I believe Conte knows this and is why he is considering his striker options and looking for back up to Costa.