Spanish striker Alvaro Morata loan all but sealed
Chelsea striker has medical at Atletico Madrid
Madrid — Spain striker Alvaro Morata said on Sunday he has passed a medical with Atletico Madrid, with his loan move to the La Liga side from Chelsea expected to be confirmed imminently. “Everything went well, thank God,” Morata said as he left the Clinica Universidad de Navarra medical centre in Madrid, having flown to the Spanish capital from London on Saturday. Morata, who passed through Atletico’s youth academy before switching to local rivals Real Madrid, is to sign an 18-month loan deal Spanish media reports said, with an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season. Morata, who also spent two years at Juventus, joined Chelsea from Real Madrid in 2017 for a reported €80m. Despite a promising start to his career in the Premier League, with 10 goals in his first five months, Morata has had a disappointing year with the London club, starting fewer than half their league games under coach Maurizio Sarri. “I’m very happy, I’ve spent days waiting for this,” Morata said, a...
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