Morata if Diego Costa leaves the club at the end of
the season, according to Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
Costa ultimately stayed with the Blues in the
January transfer window after heavy speculation
linking him with a lucrative move to the Chinese
Super League.
But the Spain international is still being linked with
a switch to China at the end of the current
campaign, with Tianjin Quanjian still in the race to
sign him, while former club Atletico Madrid and
Juventus have also been credited with an interest.
If Chelsea's top centre-forward leaves, the club's
former striker Hasselbaink thinks Everton's Lukaku
- who has reportedly rejected a new contract - or
Real Madrid star Morata would be best-suited to
replace him.
"Let's not forget he used to be at Stamford Bridge
and he's been at a lot of clubs on loan because he
needs games and playing time," Hasselbaink told
Sky Sports of Lukaku.
"Lukaku has been to West Brom on loan and he's
been at Everton and he's done exceptionally well.
Exceptional.
"The way that Chelsea are playing, he is, along
with Morata, the player you are going to look at to
take over from Costa.
"Everton paid, at the time, a lot of money for him
but because he has developed that well. Nowadays
for players of his stature, you pay that kind of
money.
"If you want to have a goalscorer in your team at
that age, you have to pay."
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— Everton (@Everton) April 20, 2017
Hasselbaink thinks there is already little to
separate Costa and Lukaku, but thinks the 23-
year-old can get even better if he leaves Everton to
re-join Chelsea.
"Is he as good as Costa? I think they are very
close," added Hasselbaink.
"They are very similar, he's not as temperamental
but he does lead the line and I think he is still
going to become better.
"I think he has matured that's for sure, but if you
compare Costa and Lukaku they are very similar. If
you compare him to Harry Kane, they are totally
different.
"With all due respect to Everton, if he does go to
Chelsea he will play with better players, so he is
going to get better as well.
"Yes the pressure is going to be on him, the shirt
will be heavier and only certain kinds of players
can handle that and he will have to show that he
can.
"But what he has done for Everton, Chapeau, very,
very, very well done."
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