Alvaro Morata to Sevilla is exciting for the Spanish sport media, and especially those who follow the club closely.
The striker did well at Juventus, did well at Real Madrid and is currently under a cloud at Stamford Bridge.
Sections of fans have turned against Morata and an exit is looking increasingly likely.
Juanma Lopez, the player’s agent, this week visited Sevilla’s offices for talks and as far as the Spanish media are concerned, the player and club side is sorted out, all that’s left is for Chelsea to agree.
However, there’s already insinuations it’s a deal which doesn’t make a great deal of sense, even on a loan basis.
Marca run a headline on Wednesday saying ‘Three’s a crowd’, and explain Sevilla are doing relatively well just as it is upfront.
Statistics would back that up to an extent. Sevilla are the second highest scorers in La Liga so far this season, but to counter that they’ve only scored more once in one of their last six league matches.
Andre Silva has eight goals from 17 games in the competition, and Ben Yedder has nine goals and five assists.
In December, Silva told Marca: “He (Yedder) understands me well and when I hold the ball up, it goes to him. We look at each other a lot. We are very good and we hope to continue like this.”
Sevilla are described as ‘determined’ to pay the €39m which would make Silva’s loan move from AC Milan permanent, and Marca say there’s also a meeting planned to improve Yedder’s contract and up his €30m release.
Putting Morata into this equation is possibly going to leave someone unhappy. The player would only arrive from Chelsea with the intention to play, and whilst the Spanish newspaper feels it can be balanced due to the number of games, there’s a question of who would start for the really important matches.
Marca end their article as they started it: ‘The Sevillista peace can be threatened. Three, sometimes, they are a crowd.’
