5 forwards Chelsea should be looking at 

Huddersfield Town v Stoke City - Premier League
It's difficult to imagine Crouch adding much to Chelsea's attacking options

#2 Edin Dzeko (AS Roma)

ACF Fiorentina v AS Roma - Serie A
Dzeko might relish another chance in English football

Roma's main man was discussed in the last week as a possible alternative for Chelsea and with good reason. Since leaving Manchester City for Italy, the Bosnian has been in tremendous form.

He was the top scorer in Serie A last season with 29 goals and has carried this into the new campaign.

The player's ability is well-known to both Conte and Chelsea: he starred in the 3-3 draw between the clubs' in this season's Champions League group stage, scoring an unbelievable volley at Stamford Bridge; he also helped Manchester City to 2 league titles in 2012 and 2014.

Dzeko has an impressive scoring record for every club he's played for and it would only be expected that he would continue this in London.

He's a player who performs when called upon. Recall that he was rarely the first choice at Manchester City but still scored double figures in 3 of his 4 full seasons at the Etihad.

There would be no doubt that Dzeko wouldn't mind occupying a similar impact role behind first choice Morata.

Thanks to his previous experience, he'd also be well-equipped to deal with the physical nature of English football and would have no trouble holding his own against opposition defenders.

Again, like Giroud, he is a similar player to Carroll and Crouch but simply is a far greater footballer.

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