According to the newspaper Sport, the Arsenal is close to closing the signing of Alvaro Morata in the next summer market for 30 million euros. A surprising news because everything seemed to indicate that he was going to stay at Juventus in Turin.
The Gunner team is looking for a center forward for next season due to the imminent departure of Alexandre Lacazette, who ends his contract on June 30 and will leave as a free agent. Names like Gabriel Jesús and Víctor Osimhen are the ones that have sounded the most in recent hours, but the price of the second has complicated their arrival in the Premier League at this time. And now Álvaro Morata has become an interesting option for Mikel Arteta’s team.
Arsenal interferes in the signing of Álvaro Morata
The Madrid striker has played on loan at Juventus in Turin this season and wants to stay at the club, but the Italian team does not want to pay the 35 million euros, the price set by Atlético de Madrid to sell him this summer. The Vecchia Signora comes from closing the signing of Dusan Vlahovic for a high price, so they don’t have as much money to invest up front either.
Arsenal does have the money to invest and would be willing to take over the services of Morata, who knows what it’s like to play in the Premier League due to his time at Chelsea. The Spaniard scored 24 goals and distributed 6 assists in 72 games played with the Blue team.
FC Barcelona is another of the clubs that has shown interest in his signing due to the need they have to hire a center forward. But the main target is Robert Lewandowski, so they have put aside their initial interest in the Spaniard.