<p>Argentina international Higuain, who has been first choice ahead of Benzema under Mourinho, may need an operation that club doctors say would sideline him for around two months. <br /><br />The injury has prompted speculation in local media that the big-spending La Liga giants could buy another striker in the January transfer window but Mourinho stopped short of making a public plea for reinforcements. <br /><br />“Signing players is not an issue for me to deal with but I already said at the beginning of the season it would be difficult with only Benzema and Higuain,” Portuguese Mourinho told a news conference. <br /><br />“If I have to go through the rest of the season only with Benzema it will be much more difficult," he added. <br /><br />Mourinho said he expected Kaka to return in January after "spectacular" work from the Brazilian in his recovery from a knee operation that has prevented him playing this season.</p>
<p>Argentina international Higuain, who has been first choice ahead of Benzema under Mourinho, may need an operation that club doctors say would sideline him for around two months. <br /><br />The injury has prompted speculation in local media that the big-spending La Liga giants could buy another striker in the January transfer window but Mourinho stopped short of making a public plea for reinforcements. <br /><br />“Signing players is not an issue for me to deal with but I already said at the beginning of the season it would be difficult with only Benzema and Higuain,” Portuguese Mourinho told a news conference. <br /><br />“If I have to go through the rest of the season only with Benzema it will be much more difficult," he added. <br /><br />Mourinho said he expected Kaka to return in January after "spectacular" work from the Brazilian in his recovery from a knee operation that has prevented him playing this season.</p>