Chelsea FC sign Spanish striker Alvaro Morata for a club record fee of £70 Million!

Alvaro Morata's future has finally been decided!

⚽ **TRANSFERS: English Premier League 2017/18** ⚽

Dynamic No.9

Player: Alvaro Morata

Age: 24 years

Position: Centre Forward

To: Chelsea FC

From: Real Madrid

Transfer Fee: £70 Million

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It has been an interesting 10 days in the life of Alvaro Morata and his move has finally been confirmed! Premier League Champions Chelsea have signed him for a club record fee.  The initial fee to be paid is just £58 Million rising to £70 Million which is relatively cheap as per Real's demands and expectations. Although, the deal would make him the most expensive Spanish signing of all time.

At this moment, the move comes as a surprise. Chelsea had recently cooled their interest in the player, as he was likely to move to Manchester United or AC Milan. Moves broke due to overvaluation of the player as well as huge wage demands.

Chelsea looked at all their potential targets and knows the quality Morata possess and hence decided to swoop in for the player.

Career Statistics

Morata has played for 2 giant clubs in his career; Real Madrid and Juventus.

Real Madrid

He had 2 stints with the now Champions League winners Real Madrid. As a youngster Morata made his debut in 2013 and played for them for 2 seasons. He made 50 appearances, scoring 11 goals. With first team opportunities and starting roles limited, he decided to sign for Italian Champions Juventus.

Juventus

He spent 2 seasons with Juventus managing to reach the CL final in his first season. This time around, he made more starts, making 93 appearances and scored an impressive 27 goals with 19 assists. Real were clever enough to include a buy back clause in his contract and activated it at the end of the 2014/15 campaign.

Return to Real Madrid

His second stint lasted just last season where he won the La Liga title and the Champions League. In 26 La Liga games including 12 substitute appearances, a record of 15 goals scored is staggering. He also faced his former club Juventus in the CL final. Come the end of the season, he still couldn’t win the starting role for the club and finally choose to leave. 

     

Morata is also becoming an ever present player for the international side winning 21 caps for Spain and has scored 9 goals.

  

Agile Alvaro

In today’s modern game, it is difficult to find a centre forward with the combination of pace and technique. Morata checks all the boxes; 

• A unique player with all the abilities to succeed ✔
• With his pace, he can easily drive past defenders ✔
• He can use his technique and skill and beat the goalkeeper ✔
• His pace is the most important attribute ✔
• Most of his goals depend on his pace ✔
• He is a tall player, great for scoring set play goals ✔
• Equally good at scoring goals left and right ✔ 
• Scores headed goals and brings pace through the middle ✔ 
• Morata is on the verge of becoming one of Europe’s most feared hit man in the future ✔

Chelsea’s New No.9

Chelsea’s title success last season came due to their fierce strike trio of Pedro, Hazard and Diego Costa. The relationship between Costa and Conte has recently broken down and he is looking to depart the club. Youth striker Dominic Solanke has also left after his contract expired due to lack of first team opportunities.

2^nd choice striker Michy Batshuayi’s isn’t the club’s first choice but may still stay this season. Loic Remy has retuned back, but whether or not he stays still remains unknown. Young striker Tammy Abraham has signed a new contract and has left on loan. Morata’s arrival may have come at the right time as he looks to cement his place as the new No.9 this season. In the future, Morata and Abraham may form a lethal partnership as the new Chelsea strike force.  

Duel of the Strikers

The Premier League will see a host of new faces along with a few familiar faces in the No.9 role this season.

One club that Morata would want to prove a point against would be Manchester United, the club he could have signed for. Relations broke down as both clubs failed to agree a transfer fee. Real valued him at £80 Million and wanted David De Gea included in any deal. So, United cooled their interest in him and signed Romelu Lukaku instead. 

Arsenal’s newest hitman Alexandre Lacazette has signed for one reason only, to score goals for his new club as he looks to chase and win the golden boot.

Man City currently have 2 lethal No.9s upfront, Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus. Both are equally talented forwards and will look to continue the fine form they showed last season.







But the main man Morata will look to better last season’s golden boot winner Harry Kane, one of the most lethal strikers in Europe. With so much firepower it will be a nail biting race for the golden boot this season.

Chelsea have smartly snapped up one for the present and the future. It seems fitting especially due to the striker conundrum the club is currently facing. He has previously worked with Chelsea manager Antonio Conte in their Juventus days. He will be familiar to the 3-4-3 formation that Conte uses and will be lethal for the Chelsea forward line this season.

Wishing him all the best with Chelsea