Chelsea remain the big pressure for Real Madrid over Alvaro Morata, report Marca. With the World Cup 2018 on the horizon, Morata is said to be increasingly impatient about his role at Madrid, and wants to be one of the major players for the team.
Antonio Conte ‘insists’ on his signing for Chelsea, report Marca, but Real Madrid are set against letting the player leave this summer. With 20 goals and five assists so far this season, Morata has certainly contributed for Madrid, but when the biggest games come, and everyone is fit, the Spaniard takes a backseat as Karim Benzema gets the nod.
Benzema has a worse scoring ratio than Morata in both La Liga and the Champions League this season, but is a favourite of both Zinedine Zidane and Florentino Perez. That gives Chelsea hope, especially if Morata pushes for an exit.
Marca say Madrid letting Morata leave would be ‘almost unforgivable’ given that strikers with such good records don’t exactly grow on trees.
A fan favourite, there’d be some disquiet if Madrid sold Morata to Chelsea this summer.
A decision either way will have to be made and if Morata really pushes for an exit, knowing Conte is waiting at Chelsea for him, then a move is quite possible.
