Real Madrid, Juventus, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and as if from today – Milan!That has been Alvaro Morata’s career path, one of the most impressive in the world of football by a mile. The clubs mentioned above paid a total of €215m for Morata’s transfers, which puts him in fifth place among the most expensive players in football history. Only Neymar, Romelu Lukaku, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ousmane Dembele are above him in the stats.✍ @AlvaroMorata is Rossonero 🔴⚫Adding a touch of 𝑅𝑜𝑗𝑜 to our #DNACMilan 🧬#SempreMilan— AC Milan (@acmilan) July 19, 2024 Morata is Milan’s first big signing in this transfer window. The Rossoneri activated Morata’s buyout clause from Atletico Madrid, which was only 13,000,000 euros, and signed him to a four-year contract worth 4,500,000 euros per season. He could reach an annual net salary of 5,500,000 euros with bonuses depending on performance.Morata has been Milan’s desire for many years, but something would always stand in the way of the transfer. It seemed that they would not come to an agreement this time either. Spain’s captain refuses 40 million only to stay with AtleticoIn the meantime, things have changed. Morata has learned that Cholo Simeone is seriously counting on Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez and loanee Samu Omordion. Antoine Griezmann is also there, so the Spaniard estimated that he will not play as important a role as he was promised. He decided to leave Atletico for the second time in his career.And Milan seized the opportunity. The Rossoneri agreed everything with Morata in principle during the European Championship and waited for him to finish his duties. They paid what was due and confirmed the transfer today.##NAJAVA_MECA_8222305##Morata will wear the No 7 jersey at San Siro. He played his best games in Italy, he speaks Italian perfectly, he also met his wife there, so he won’t need to get used to new surroundings.Milan are expected to bring in a few more reinforcements after Morata. Currently, the main targets are Strahinja Pavlovic, Lazar Samardzic, Youssouf Fofana and Niclas Fullkrug.
