Alvaro Morata has moved often during his career, and although he still has two years left on his contract with Atletico Madrid, the experienced striker does not rule out the possibility of changing his address again.Even as a child, Morata changed three clubs before stepping into professional waters. He started at Atletico Madrid, spent a year at Getafe, and then joined Real Madrid. He made his senior debut for the Royal Club in 2010, but in 2014 he left for Juventus, returned for a year, and then moved to Chelsea. In 2019, he went on loan from London to Atletico, who then bought him back, and then loaned him to Juventus.Now the 31-year-old Madrid native is back in his hometown and is performing in the red and white jersey, in which he started to take his first football steps. But the question is whether he will stay at Atlético until the end of the contract, i.e. until the summer of 2026.”You never know. It is never calm with the transfer window around the corner,” Morata answered when asked by a journalist from the Italian newspaper Gazzetta whether a quiet transfer window can be expected this time, given that he plays regularly and has a valid contract in Madrid.##NAJAVA_MECA_7970160##The Spanish striker explained why he says that.”My family and I are happy where we are, but I’m not 23 or 24 anymore. We need to know what the club’s plans are, and at the moment I don’t know anything.”Last year, Alvaro Morata was also linked with Serie A clubs, but he still stayed at Atlético. AC Milan, Inter, Juventus and Roma were mentioned.”The situation was unusual. My contract with Atlético expired, but I extended it by significantly changing the financial conditions in it. I was called by AC Milan, as well as some former coaches with whom I remain on good terms. Allegri called me, as well as Mourinho, who once gave me the chance to make my debut for Real. I liked the idea of playing in Roma with Paulo Dybala, in a club and a city full of passion, where football is experienced as if you were in South America.”Morata had a special comment on Simone Inzaghi’s desire to bring him to Inter.”I’ve known Inzaghi for years. We met last summer during vacation. He’s an amazing guy, spectacular and I love spending time with him. He always exudes positive energy.”🔴⚪️ Morata: “I had the chance to join AC Milan, Roma and Inter last summer, it’s true. I was really tempted by Roma”.“At the end, I decided to sign new deal at Atléti also helping the club with Financial Fair Play by changing the salary conditions”, told Gazzetta. pic.twitter.com/JBdbcWhydK— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 21, 2024 However, Diego Simeone managed to convince the goalscorer to stay at Atlético.”There were certain problems in the negotiations with the Italian clubs, and then the conversation with Simeone changed everything,” Morata pointed out, noting that he wants to clarify one thing regarding his cooperation with the Argentine expert:”There are many rumors that Simeone and I did not get along well. That is absolutely not true. The two of us have a great relationship, which was further strengthened last summer when we got to know each other even better and became closer. As for football, everything was clear, but with mutual understanding we took a step forward. After that I never played so many games for Atlético and scored so many goals”.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Together, Simeone and Morata brought Atletico Madrid to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, as last year’s finalists Inter Milan were eliminated on penalties.”We have been preparing for that clash for weeks. Simone showed us numerous videos of Inter’s good performances. Many, including ourselves, thought that Atlético can reach the final again, we managed to keep ourselves alive in the first game, and in the second we we played a great match and won on penalties. It was a lottery, it could easily have gone the other way,” admits the Spaniard, who is currently preparing with his national team for friendly matches against Colombia and Brazil.
