ALVARO MORATA HAS REVEALED WHY HE JOINED CHELSEA, BUT HE REGRETS EVER LEAVING JUVENTUS.

Chelsea's Alvaro Morata has admitted he misses living in Italy and should never have left Juventus, though he admitted that his wife likes Spain.

Morata 25, joined the Blues in a club record deal from Real Madrid this summer, a year after rejoining the Bernabeu club from Turin when the European champions activated a €30m buy-back clause in his contract.

He barely featured upon returning to Madrid though, a far cry from leading Juve's line between 2014 and 2016 as the Old Lady won back-to-back domestic doubles and reached the 2015 Champions League final.
 Gazzetta dello Sport

"There were contractual agreements to respect (upon returning to Real)," Morata told Gazzetta dello Sport.

"The disappointment was huge: I went right back to the start.
"They treated me like the kid I was before the two seasons in Italy.

"I arrived [in Italy] feeling like a boy and I returned feeling like a true player. I should never have left Italy and Juve.

"I really miss Italy. My wife would like to live in Spain; I'd like to live in Italy."

Morata who is Chelsea's leading goalscorer with 11 goals this also claimed that while tactics reign supreme in Serie A, physicality is the  most important attribute in England.

"In Spain, technique is dominant. In Italy, it's tactics," he said.

"In England, the most relevant aspect is physical strength. The most difficult is Italy: organised teams and very good defenders."

Morata worked under Antonio Conte at Juventus, and he claims that the Italian gaffer was one of the reasons he chose Chelsea over a number of clubs that wanted him last summer. .

"(Why did I join?) Because it was a great coach like Antonio Conte. We started to talk about a possible signing in the last pre-season and in the end I came to London.

"I knew Conte and I've had no problems understanding his idea of football.
"I was really well received by my team-mates; we have a Spanish group with [Cesar] Azpilicueta, Marcos Alonso, [Cesc] Fabregas and Pedro, and they made things easier."


Source: www.clubgist.com