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It is no longer news that Diego Costa who was Chelsea football club key striker in winning the championship last season would be replaced. While we were hinted Chelsea’ interest in signing Alvaro Morata in, agreement was made with Real Madrid over a possible move which is subject to medicals. However, he could be officially unveiled as a Chelsea signee soon.
The 24 year-old Spanish international Alvaro Morata has had quite a start in his foot-ball career, the Madrid native started his foot ball career from home as a youth player at Atletico Madrid, before moving to Getafe and to his current club, Real Madrid football club.
Knowing Morata’s background would help us understand what he brings to the pitch in terms of experience and quality. Chelsea football club is a relative big club in England and current defending champions of the English premier league no doubt therefore, the club would have accomplished that with skilled and influential Diego Costa as their point man. With excellent performance in the last season as he scored 20 goals and recorded seven assists, which equaled his debut season records in terms of goals scored, but seemed to have fallen out of favour with the team’s manager, Antonio Conte who was alleged to have made this known to the player via a text.
From this development, it became clear to football fans that Chelsea FC would be searching for a striker. The one name that constantly came up as replacement was former blue’s player, Romelu Lukaku. Well, many of his fans would have loved to have him back, but to their disappointment he already signed for Manchester United instead. This automatically left Chelsea to look at available choices like Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Sergio Aguero, Andrea Belotti and Alvaro Morata, who was initially united target. Ironically, with the pending confirmation of Alvaro Morata it is clear that Manchester United and Chelsea have signed in the strikers. Though Morata did not play much part in Real Madrid’s successful campaign last season, he was able to record 15 goals and 4 assists with not featuring so much for the side.
The intelligent, quick, smart striker, polished finisher in front of goal, has the height advantage in his favour, which could come in handy when facing the usual aggressive Premier league defenders.
However, he is not in the same realm of Lukaku or Costa now, but a vital striker who delivers when called upon for big games. With the little opportunities given, Morata has shown his readiness for improvement and prepared for the challenges ahead so therefore, he may be a perfect fit for Chelsea as they aim to defend the English Premier League title and their re-entry into the UEFA Champions league in the upcoming season.
