Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson firmly believes Chelsea should make a move for Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo before the transfer window closes.

He is adamant that, with the way that Thomas Tuchel’s side plays, the Portuguese legend would score a lot of goals for the Blues:

“I cannot believe they didn’t or haven’t gone in for Cristiano Ronaldo. He just ticks all of the boxes Chelsea are lacking. Playing for Chelsea is not like playing for Manchester United, who are working from the halfway line. Chelsea are on the edge of the box, dominating games. Chelsea have unbelievable wing-backs, they dominate football matches, if they were putting the ball into the box for Ronaldo I would dread to think how many goals he could score.”

In contrast, Merson has been pretty dismissive about Chelsea’s pursuit of Barcelona’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, even though the club are seemingly more interested in signing the Gabonese striker. So who should they be going after? Press the next page as we take a look at the numbers (via FBRef) to determine who would be the better option.