Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, has said
that Alvaro Morata forced the club into the
January transfer market for a new striker,
by saying that he wanted to leave the club.
Juventus striker, Gonzalo Higuain, arrived in
England on Wednesday to complete an
initial six-month loan move to replace
Morata, who is expected to join Atletico
Madrid on loan until the end of the season.
Morata has struggled on and off the pitch
since arriving at Stamford Bridge for a
then-club record fee of £58 million from
Real Madrid in the summer of 2017, and
had fallen behind Eden Hazard and Olivier
Giroud in Sarri’s striker pecking order in
recent weeks.
“I think that Morata is a very good player.
“I think that Morata has the characteristics
for playing in my team. But Morata, one
month ago, said he wanted to play in
another team, so it was really very difficult
for him to give us the 100 percent for his
mental situation, I think.
“I think that Morata is potentially a very
important player. From the physical and
technical point of view, he is a very good
player and suitable for my football. But the
situation changed in the last month, so we
needed to change,†Sarri said according to
ESPN.
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