Chelsea have reportedly opened talks to land Alvaro
Morata from Juventus and are said to be looking to land the Spaniard while
Arsenal are pensive in negotiations with Leicester City’s star, Jamie Vardy.
As per TheGuardian, the Blues are to step up their
attempts to sign Álvaro Morata from Juventus and
hope to make progress this week before the start of the European Championship.
The
23-year-old, has capped nine times by Spain, is a long-standing target for
Antonio Conte after initially being lined up to join him at Juventus in the
summer of 2014, only for the manager to take up the reins of Italy’s national
team.
He afterward moved to the Turin club from Real
Madrid regardless, on a five-year
contract, and the Blues new manager has asked his new employers to secure the
23-year-old’s services as he seeks to bolster Chelsea’s attacking ranks.
According to the Mirror's, inbound Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is a "long-time fan" of the forward. Matt Law from the Telegraph's went so far as to report Chelsea are in talks to sign Morata:
Chelsea open talks over Alvaro Morata deal #cfc https://t.co/21CxsC5WUW— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) June 6, 2016
Arsenal have also been linked with a move for
Morata, but it seems Gunners manager, Arsene Wenger is onto the target he
desires after recently the north Londoners triggered Vardy's £20 million
release clause.
However, David Amoyal an Italian Journalist
translator for Gianluca Di Marzio, believes the Bianconeri star is about more than goals alone
as the former Los Blancos youngster scored just
12 goals in 47 appearances across all competitions last season.
@chelsboytweets @AllThingsCfc1 players like Morata can't be measured in goals alone, and Serie A much harder to score in than other leagues— David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) June 6, 2016
As quoted by Malyon, the 23-year-old Spaniard will
be a slightly more expensive investment, probably due to the fact the Real are
widely known to be planning to exercise their £24 million buyback clause for
the player before auctioning him for a profit.
Morata helped guide the Turin’s to a
fifth successive Serie A title last season before dazzling in Spain's Euro 2016
preparations and making the front page of Spanish newspaper AS following Spain friendly win over
South Korea.
Nolito and Morata fuel Spain's #EURO2016 dream.— AS English (@English_AS) June 2, 2016
Today's front cover of AS reflecting on the 6-1 win over S.Korea pic.twitter.com/RmdJesVoJ5
The Blues new manager, Conte, is a big fan of his pace, energy and work-rate, and is understood to believe the 23-year-old forward could play through the middle on his own or as part of a front two.
Chelsea had feared they would face strong competition for Morata from Premier League rivals Arsenal and Manchester United.
According to Malyon, Zinedine Zidane, the Real boss has no plans to keep the Spanish international at the Santiago Bernabeu, and instead would consider selling him to the biggest bidders after re-signing the player from the Italian side.
BBC Sport's David Ornstein also made sure to note
Arsenal's move for Vardy is far from complete after the Foxes are believed to
have launched a counteroffer in a bid to convince their star forward to stay:No decision yet from Jamie Vardy on joining Arsenal or accepting Leicetser's counter offer. He is still expected to decide today #AFC #LCFC— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) June 6, 2016
Vardy is preparing to travel with England to Euro
2016, and should his move to north London fall apart; Morata may yet arise as a
Gunners alternative.
Chelsea are apparently scorching in
advance on the hunt to recruit Morata, with the new boss expecting to get a
chance to work together with a player he just missed out on linking up
following his sudden exit from Juve in the summer of 2014.
Morata would like greater clarity
over his future before the start of Euro 2016 and by himself he has expressed keen
interest in moving to the Premier League and.
He
said, “Hopefully everything will be
resolved before then, because it is uncomfortable to be helping your country
with phone in hand."
“My wish is to
succeed in Madrid, but Madrid have great players and what I want is to play and
feel important.
“There are some
offers from England that are tempting, not only because of the contract. I
think my characteristics mean the Premier League would be a great destination.”
“With what I have learned in Italy, if I have the chance to
learn something more in England I think it would make me a more complete
player. I am 23 years old and I want to progress, to play and learn from the
best.” The Spaniard added.
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