Juventus want Morata back | Football Italia
It’s reported Juventus are interested in bringing Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata back to Turin this summer.
The Spanish international spent two seasons with the Bianconeri, but Real Madrid activated their buyback clause in the summer of 2016.
After just one season back at the Bernabeu, Morata was sold to Chelsea but the Blues almost certainly won’t qualify for the Champions League this season.
That will likely see Antonio Conte leave the club, and today’s Corriere dello Sport reports that could see Morata return to Juve.
The Bianconeri are keen to bring Morata back, the newspaper reports, but the stumbling block could be his wages.
The 25-year-old earns around €8m per season in London, which is more than Juve’s highest-earning player, Gonzalo Higuain, who earns €7.5m.
There is also competition from China, while Morata wouldn’t come cheap as Chelsea paid €80m for him und
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Would take him back in a heartbeat.
Sell Mandzukic to China or wherever, and bring back this guy. He clearly loves the club, the environment he played in, the fans etc. And his wife is Italian too, it's a big win-win situation for him and us.
Bring him back ONLY if Mario goes otherwise our money needs to be spent on midfield.
I do enjoy his pace running forward with the ball at defenders.