Chelsea transfer news: Alvaro Morata exit unclear as Atletico Madrid refuse to buy the striker outright

Chelsea transfer news: Alvaro Morata exit unclear as Atletico Madrid refuse to buy the striker outright
Alvaro Morata’s proposed move from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid is unclear as the Spanish side are only willing to take him on loan until the summer.Chelsea want a clearer financial agreement from Atletico in regards to purchasing the striker, but Atleti are currently refusing to buy Morata outright.2

Alvaro Morata has been linked with a move to Spain

Chelsea want the LaLiga side to commit to an 8million loan fee with an obligation to permanently buy Morata at the end of the campaign.Spanish outletMarcareports Morata, who allegedly earns 8million-a-year, is willing to take a pay cut to rejoin the club he spent two years at as a teenager. Maurizio Sarri has lost confidence in a player who has been inconsistent sincesigning for 60million from Real Madrid in 2017, with just nine goals scored in all competitions this season.2

Olivier Giroud and Alvaro Morata are Sarri’s two striking options

He has been rotated up front with Chelsea’s only other forward, Olivier Giroud, who is a target for Barcelona, as Sarri continuously looked for a way to get the best out of a limited attack; he has even resorted to playing Eden Hazard in a unfamiliar striking role.Sarri hopes to get Milan’s Gonzalo Higuain on board, while an alternative option isBournemouths Callum Wilson, though Cherries manager Eddie Howe has made it clear they are not planning to sell him.

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BY RICHARD CAWLEY. Charlton Athletic owner Roland Duchatelet says contract talks will continue next week with manager Lee Bowyer. Bowyer is out of contract at the end of June - unless he agrees to terms on a previous deal which was put together when the Addicks were still a League One club.
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Leeds had lost three in a row prior to Friday's victory over Derby. Derby County manager Frank Lampard described Marcelo Bielsa's pre-match conduct as "unethical" after Leeds United beat the Rams to go five points clear at the top of the Championship.
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Jose Mourinho says four-time Premier League winning goalkeeper Petr Cech will be a "big loss" to football. The former Manchester United and Chelsea boss says he is proud to have managed one of the
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May 06, 2016 · A rsene Wenger still intends to offer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain a new contract despite both his disappointing season and a knee ligament injury that will rule him out of this summer's European
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Lionel Messi will stop at nothing to get his 'beautiful cup' back and what we learned from Barcelona 3-0 Liverpool Our man in Spain, Lee Roden, was at Camp Nou to witness a masterclass from
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N'Golo Kante is being 'wasted' and may look to leave Chelsea if it continues, says Tony Cascarino season by shifting Kante from his regular central midfield role into a wider and more

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Robert Snodgrass hit with £30k fine and banned for one game after misconduct towards anti-doping staff Written by: fpnews Posted on: April 16, 2019 West Ham United midfielder Robert Snodgrass will serve a one-match ban for a display of misconduct towards UK Anti-Doping officials, the Football Association has announced.
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Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho warns 'nice guy

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Premier League launches No Room for Racism campaign, with Raheem Sterling and Virgil van Dijk featuring in promotional video. Manchester City's Raheem Sterling features in the promotional video
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For a Scottish footballer it doesn't get any better than receiving praise from Sir Kenny Dalglish. For a Scottish footballer playing for Liverpool it must be mind-blowing. That is the situation Reds left back Andrew Robertson finds himself in after 'King Kenny' showered kind words on the former Hull City standout recently.

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