Álvaro Morata thought I had to play alongside Dusan Vlahovic in Juventus this season and instead, his future changed again in a few weeks. Returning to Juventus in September 2020, when Juventus had to give up Dzeko in the intricate case with Roma in which Napoli was also a protagonist in the Milik affair, the Spaniard immediately proved instrumental in the Old Lady’s tactical automatisms. With Andrea Pirlo on the bench he managed to close the season with 20 goals and 12 assists in all competitions. Especially in the first part of that championship, Morata managed to convince everyone so much that his confirmation for the following year was almost obvious.
And indeed, Juventus took advantage of the loan renewal withAthletic also for the following season against another 10 million euros added to the previous 10 of the first year. However, Massimiliano was on the bench Happy in a Juventus that will soon be profoundly transformed. he will score 12 goals plus 9 assists playing mainly as an offensive winger. In fact, Allegri didn’t consider him a first striker and indeed, with the arrival of Vlahovic, his role has changed profoundly.
He thought the Serbian’s arrival could close him out from January to June and, in fact, was thinking heavily about being sold to Barcelona taking Xavi’s offer, but it was Allegri who convinced him to stay. By the end of the season, however, paths with Juve had split. The 35 million euro ransom demanded by the Colchoneros was too high for Juventus’ coffers. The club decided to make him return to Atlético despite Allegri’s disappointment and Simeone’s skepticism: never fully convinced of Morata. The Spaniard after a month of the start of the season, is already irreplaceable.
But what happened all this time? Morata soon became Atlético showing his huge growth from a tactical point of view. In Spain, he was booed at the European Championships, despite Luis Enrique always defending him. And after a year he made everyone change their mind, arriving today to book now 4 goals in 9 games between LaLiga and Champions. But that’s not all, Morata’s incredible start to the season was also crowned by the goal against Portugal in the Nations League that gave the last four for the Red Furies. A goal in the 88th minute that, in fact, further accentuated the value of the Spanish striker who became a reference for the Spain coach and for Cholo himself.
On Saturday he was the protagonist with the 2-0 goal scored in the 2-0 with which Atlético eliminated Sevilla in Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan. Morata is the team’s top scorer and also had the honor of receiving the Marca Award as spanish player of the year, obtained for his dedication and his excellent performances with Luis Enrique’s team. A near-perfect player Allegri would very much like to keep and instead, after two years of growth and full maturation in black and whitewill make Atlético’s fortune with all due respect to a Juventus that has made other choices and economic evaluations… Time will tell who was right.
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