Alvaro Morata to Chelsea: Real Madrid decide they will NOT sell striker despite £50million interest from Blues and Arsenal
Spain star has been linked with mega-money move to the Premier League but is now set to stay with Los Blancos
REAL MADRID have decided they will NOT sell Alvaro Morata this summer.
The Spain striker has been linked with a mega-money move to the Premier League and Chelsea had a £51million bid turned down on Saturday.
Arsenal are also interested and have reportedly offered to double to hitman’s Bernabeu wage packet.
Morata’s agent Juanma Lopez held talks with the European champions on Friday to discuss the player’s future.
And, , he has been promised an important role in Zinedine Zidane’s squad this season.
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It is claimed president Florentino Perez wants to see more young, home-grown talent in the side.
Morata, 23, rejoined Madrid last month after two years with Juventus when they triggered a £24m buy-back clause in his contract.
Club chiefs had appeared ready to spark a Premier League bidding war to sell the frontman on immediately at a huge profit.
But the star was understood to prefer a stay in the Spanish capital, if they offered to match his wage offers from elsewhere.
Morata bagged 15 goals in two campaigns in Italy as Juve won two Serie A titles.
He led the line for Spain at Euro 2016 and scored three goals before they were knocked out by Italy in the second round.
Morata joined the Real Madrid academy in 2008 and scored 11 first-team goals before leaving in 2014.
He will compete with Karim Benzema for the spot in the front three alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
Chelsea are also interested in a world-record move for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.
SunSport revealed this week that father Jorge met Blues owner Roman Abramovich on the Russian's superyacht to discuss terms.