Claude Makelele has slammed Maurizio Sarri's decision to pick Gonzalo Higuain and Olivier Giroud as his main strikers over Alvaro Morata.
The Spanish striker scored nine goals in all competitions for Chelsea before he was shipped out on loan to Atletico Madrid, with the forward seemingly not fitting into Sarri's philosophy.
He was replaced instead with Higuain who arrived from Juventus on loan having already played under Sarri when the pair were at Napoli.
However, the Argentine hasn't had the best of campaigns since his arrival and has scored just four goals, with three of those coming against teams that were relegated from the Premier League this season.
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The striker problem is one that has been present all season and has yet to be solved, but Makelele reckons that Morata was the answer to that situation.
"For me, the way I see it I think it depends on the manager and the way he wants to play football," Makelele told Stadium Astro, as reported by the Metro .
"Either with a target man or with a smart player moving, scoring goals, dribbling. ‘We didn’t know exactly what the manager wanted [at the start].
"He prefers Higuain because he’s more adapted with Hazard and Willian, he had him before, he knows Higuain very well, so he knows the mentality and spirit [of Sarri’s team].
"But for me, the one is Morata, he’s a real striker. He’s like [Karim] Benzema a little bit, technically soft, scores goals, not selfish, runs, I think he’s quicker than Higuain and Giroud.
"It’s difficult [to adapt], it was hard to adapt in the beginning, I needed to change the way I played, the second ball there was always contact.
"It was so different, you need to be a mix of a fighter and playing football one and two touch.
"I think any manager who buys a player needs to have the identity of the club. He understands why he’s been bought, he needs to be a fighter and play for his teammates."
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