Alvaro Morata AND James
Rodriguez offered to Chelsea
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The pair had been linked with Manchester United but Florentino
Perez is reluctant to sell to the Old Trafford club.
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for Real Madrid last season, believing he was set on going to United.
Mourinho and Morata were both extremely keen on the move,
with the striker asking his agent to force a move out of the Bernabeu.
The United boss had promised Morata the first-choice berth he had craved.
Instead, Perez played hardball with United, rejecting two bids
The president does not like dealing with the club because of
difficult past negotiations.
Previous talks threatened to disrupt deals for David Beckham
and Cristiano Ronaldo and saw a move for David De Gea
collapse two years ago.
- Alvaro Morata, aged 24, was born in Madrid, Spain, in October 1992.
- He spent two years at Atletico Madrid’s academy before moving on to Getafe and then Real in 2008, still a junior player.
- Morata made his debut for Real in August 2010, scoring against Castilla.
- He joined Juventus in
- July 2014 for £17.5million
- but Real retained an
- option to buy him back.
- After scoring 27 goals
- in 93 games in Italy,
- Real bought Morata back
- for £26million in 2016.
- Last season he managed
- 20 goals for Real, his
- best return.
- He made his international
- debut for Spain in 2014
- and has nine goals
- from 20 games.
- Morata is a complete
- modern striker, who is
- strong on the ball, has
- energy and pace, and
- at 6ft 2in is also
- lethal in the air.
Now Perez is desperate to sell the striker and, according to Diario Gol,
has contacted the Blues offering a sensational two-man package.
The £133m deal being offered to the Blues pales in comparison to
the £150m+ United would have had to pay to land the two
players in separate moves.
Morata is desperate to leave before pre-season, giving Perez as very
short window to complete a deal.
As a sweetener, the Blancos chief has also decided to offer James
Rodriguez as part of the deal for Chelsea.
Rodriguez has been linked with an exit all summer having failed to
live up to his billing in three seasons since joining from Monaco.
The Colombian was barely used by Zinedine Zidane last season
and often came off the bench.
United are in advanced talks to sign Rodriguez, but Chelsea are
being offered a big discount.
With Lukaku all but wrapped up, Mourinho is searching for
another top level playmaker.
Chelsea continue to be linked with strikers with Diego
Costa's future still up in the air.
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As SunSport revealed, Costa could yet reconcile with Antonio Conte despite the text message row that appeared to end his time at Stamford Bridge.
Costa is keen to play in next year's World Cup and knows he must be playing first-team football in Europe, ruling out a move to China.
With Atletico Madrid under a transfer embargo, Costa has few options remaining.
The Blues have been linked to Torino star Andrea Belotti, who could cost £90m, Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez and former Man United hitman Javier Hernandez.
Swansea hero Fernando Llorente remains a serious target, but the Blues know he is a reserve, not a first-team regular.
The west London club have also been long linked with James Rodriguez, although he would seem to prefer a move to Old Trafford.
(The Sun, UK)
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