Chelsea fans react to Alvaro Morata departing the club for Atletico Madrid

January 28, 2019 John Football 0

Supporters of Chelsea have flooded to Twitter this evening to respond to the news of Alvaro Morata’s transfer to La Liga giants Atletico Madrid being made official.

Morata’s Chelsea career

Morata made the move to Stamford Bridge from Real Madrid in the summer of 2017, after being deemed surplus to requirements in the Spanish capital for the second time in his career.

Chelsea splashed out a club-record fee with the potential to rise to £70 million to secure Morata’s signature, but the 26-year-old’s time in London since proved far from straightforward.

To Morata’s credit, his career in England actually started out in hugely-impressive fashion. The striker took to the Premier League like a duck to water, racking up 7 goals in his first 7 appearances.

Alvaro Morata battles for possession with Calum Chambers during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea

However, the second-half of his debut campaign proved a far more testing affair. All told, between January and the end of the season, the Spaniard managed a paltry 3 goals.

Sevilla bound?

And Morata’s difficulties since carried over into the first-half of the current season. Although the former Juventus man notched 9 goals across all competitions, his finishing and general link-up play left a lot to be desired, leading to Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri often opting for Eden Hazard as a false 9 of late, relegating Morata to the bench.

Alvaro Morata reacts during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea

Morata joins Atletico

As such, rumours had been rampant since the opening of the January transfer window that the Spanish international would be allowed to depart Stamford Bridge this month.

La Liga giants Atletico Madrid emerged as the leading contenders for the 26-year-old over the last couple of weeks, with Gonzalo Higuain’s arrival at Stamford Bridge last Wednesday having opened the path for Morata’s exit.

And Morata’s move to Atletico, where he spent 4 years during his youth career, has this evening subsequently been made official, with the Spaniard having joined Los Colchoneros on an 18-month loan deal:

‘Don’t come back’

And Chelsea’s fans have since taken to Twitter in numbers to react to news of Morata’s departure, with the majority having expressed their delight at the struggling hitman’s transfer:

Others, on the other hand, were keen to thank Morata for his efforts whilst in London, before wishing him luck for the future:

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