Higuain needs to leave Real Madrid this summer

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has a superb goalscoring record with Los Blanco’s. He has a ratio of a goal every other game.

For most strikers that would be good enough to earn you a regular place in the starting line-up and the fans acclaim. However this is Real Madrid were talking about and they are on a different planet.

Scapegoat

The Argentinian striker received fierce criticism after Real’s Champion’s League exit at the hands of French side Lyon. He deserved some of the criticism because of the amount of chances he missed in that game in the Bernabeu but it was a poor team display and Higuain is just one of those players in the team.

Cristiano Ronaldo moaned that Higuain didn’t pass the ball to him and that he was too much of an individual. The two are in a completely different category. Ronaldo is seen as indispensable but Higuain seems to be treated like an outsider.

Galactico

Higuain is not and never will be considered a Galactico. It seems no matter what he does at Real he will always be second best to the latest Galactico. He has the potential and the talent to become a top class player but I don’t believe he can fulfil his potential in the shadow of the likes of Ronaldo, Kaka and Karim Benzema, who are considered Galactico’s.

He needs to be recognised for his true ability and not judged on reputation. At just 22 years-old he has time to become a truly world class striker. However at Real he will always be remembered for those misses in the Champions League and not the fifty odd goals he’s scored for the club.

Move

The striker has been linked with a move away from the club in recent weeks and I believe he will leave Real this summer. He has been in contract negotiations with Sporting director Jorge Valdano but Florentino Perez is believed to want the French-born star to leave. The club president usually gets what he wants.

Location

If Higuain does leave Bernabeu he won’t be short of potential destinations. He would suit the Premier League perfectly. He is clever enough and skilful enough for England’s top flight. With Chelsea and Manchester City on the lookout for new talent in the summer, I wouldn’t be surprised if he turned up on English shores this summer.

Italian giants AC Milan have also been linked with the prolific marksman but its believed that he would prefer a move to the Premier League rather Serie A.

World Cup

Argentina manager Diego Maradona selected Higuain in his last national team squad. Having only played four times for his country he is not sure of a place in that World Cup squad. He has some big competition for a place in the Argentina squad.

The attacking positions are possibly Argentina’s strongest with the likes of Leo Messi, Sergio Aguero and Diego Milito all competing for a place in the team. However if he keeps playing as he is for his club then surely he has to be on the plane to South Africa. If he does wish to leave Madrid then the World Cup will be the best shop window he could hope for.

Contract

All this speculation about his future could be his agent trying to put him in a stronger position for negotiating a new contract. It wouldn’t be the first time and won’t be the last time that an agent has drubbed up rumours to get their client a better deal.

However as they say there is no smoke without fire and at the moment Higuain is hot property and could make himself a superstar if he moved away from the Spanish side. This summer could be moment that decides where his career goes and hopefully for the Argentinian the right decision is made.