Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri told the media today that Spanish striker Álvaro Morata “will not leave” Barcelona after rumors about his possible departure to Xavi Hernández’s team.
“Alvaro is an important player and I’m happy. I talked to him and told him he wasn’t leaving, despite the rumors, so he’s excited,” Allegri told a news conference. in the match that Juventus will play tomorrow against Napoli.
Allegri, who has silenced rumors circulating for days about Morata’s possible departure to Barcelona, recalled the 21 goals scored by the Madrid striker last season and remarked that “this year he has scored seven goals on the ball stop “.
The Italian coach has come out in defense of the striker by assuring that the problem with Morata is that people see him “as someone who is missing something”, when in fact he is the second highest scorer of the Turin team.
Morata, 29, has worn the ‘bianconera’ shirt in two stages of his sporting career, the first between 2014 and 2016, and the current one, which began in 2020, when the Turin club re-incorporated him. , transferred by Atletico Madrid, for ten million euros.
The Spanish striker has had a great career at Juventus, after scoring 21 goals in 44 games last year and winning the Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup.
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