£58.5m-rated star interested to stay at Chelsea and fight for his place

Spain international Alvaro Morata will remain a Chelsea player for the start of the 2018-19 campaign, at least.

The Spaniard had been connected with a move away from Stamford Bridge after a frustrating debut year in the capital, but Sky Sports now state Morata will not be sold before the August 9 transfer deadline.

New coach Maurizio Sarri seems prepared to put faith in the forward, in spite of a poor goal return in his first Premier League season.

Arriving the previous summer for a £60 million fee, 15 goals in 48 appearances fell far short of what was expected from the 25-year-old star.

However, a change of a shirt number and a pair of arrivals in the Madrid native’s own life looks to be indicative of a new chapter in Alvaro’s life.

Morata himself said: “I could have gone back to Spain, I had a lot of offers. More money.”

“But I want to fight. I have had low pressure, because I had already played in Italy and Spain and done good things. But I decided to stay here, I wanted to.”


Alvaro will compete for playing time with Belgium international Michy Batshuayi and French World Cup winner Olivier Giroud.