Atletico Madrid preparing bid to sign Alvaro Morata from Chelsea on permanent deal Atletico Madrid are lining up a bid to sign Alvaro Morata permanently after being warned they may have to send the striker back to Chelsea if they don’t. As reported by Telegraph Sport last week, Chelsea handed Atletico an ultimatum to either sign Morata for around £50million this summer or face the threat of the Blues triggering the recall clause that was placed in his 18-month loan deal. Morata has returned to pre-season training with Atletico and is optimistic a deal will be struck that allows him to stay in Spain, where he has made it clear he wants to remain. Joining Atletico permanently would bring an end to an unhappy spell in England for Morata, who struggled to adapt to the way of life and the Premier League.
Atletico have just spent £113m on Joao Felix, but they are expected to sell Antoine Griezmann, most probably to Barcelona, for £107m which would give them the funds to sign Morata permanently. Former Chelsea striker Diego Costa could also leave the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium following a turbulent season. Chelsea opted not to keep Gonzalo Higuain and cannot currently sign players because of their two-window transfer ban, which leaves them with Olivier Giroud, Michy Batshuayi and Tammy Abraham as their striking options. The ultimatum issued to Atletico is more likely to result in the Spanish club buying Morata, than the 26-year-old returning to fight for a place in new head coach Frank Lampard’s team.
The Spanish international arrived at Chelsea for a then club record £57m in July 2017 and the Blues would get their money back on him by selling for £50m now, as Atletico also had to pay a loan fee in January.
Morata, who still has three years remaining on his Chelsea contract, scored six goals for Atletico over the second half of last season.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/07/05/atletico-madrid-preparing-bid-sign-alvaro-morata-chelsea-permanent/ [ 此帖被羅力亞在2019-07-07 00:31重新編輯 ]
