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That’s according to former Blues striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Icardi is one of Serie A’s most lethal finishers, boasting 117 goals in 168 games. The 25-year-old scored his first international goal for Argentina against Mexico last week.

But Hasselbaink thinks Icardi would need an extended styling in period if Chelsea were to sign him.

“I’d have to see Icardi in the Premier League first,” said Hasselbaink, speaking exclusively to 888sport. “The Italian league is totally different.

“Obviously he’s a good player and has great potential but so many of the foreign stars come here and cannot cope with the physicality and pace of the Premier League.

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“If he does come we’d have to be patient with him.”

Despite being linked with a new striker, Hasselbaink believes Chelsea would be wrong to give up on Giroud and Morata.

He accepts they could – and should – be scoring more goals, but still feels they have plenty to offer the side.

“Giroud does make other players around him better when he plays,” he added.

“He is very unselfish. Does he need to score more goals? Yes.

“It’s important for a striker to score and because that will help him play more games but he has other qualities.

“I like Morata. A lot of people are talking about him and he’s getting a lot of mixed messages.

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“That is not helping him. He needs to keep on looking at his qualities and he’s got big qualities.

"I don’t think he should play the physical game. He should play to his strengths which is an eye for goal and his little runs behind the defence.

“He’s quick and he makes things difficult for defences and that’s what he needs to keep on doing. He shouldn’t play like Giroud because that’s not him.”