Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has said that nobody will try to stop Alvaro Morata from leaving the club this summer if he wants to join AC Milan.
The president spoke to Telecinco in Spain (via Milan News) and was immediately asked about the news that Morata is going to join Milan and his release clause will soon be triggered.
As he explained, he was under the impression earlier in the summer that Morata would be staying for another season in the Spanish capital, but that no longer seems to be the case and the club will respect the decision.
“He seems to be leaving… according to the press. He told us he was staying and now he’s leaving. No problem, but Morata is a great player and a great person. If he wants to leave, no one will stop him. Neither me nor Atletico,” Cerezo said.
Morata is currently in Madrid having travelled back with the rest of the Spain squad from Germany. They beat England 2-1 in Berlin to win the 2024 European Championship and now the squad is celebrating in Madrid before taking some time off ahead of the new season.
Morata is expected to undergo his medical tests in the next few days before he then heads to Milan to sign for the club, with the Rossoneri preparing to trigger the €13m release clause.
Proper football prevailed last night. Welcome, Morata.
Proper football did prevail but Morata had jack Sh!t to do with it….he fluffed his lines when Spain were 1-0 up to make it 2
You’re a joke😂
Please….sell me the dream of Morata……joker
In case you don’t understand Morata’s value (or football for that matter based on some of your posts), he makes everyone around him better. He isn’t coming in to bang in 30 goals.
He’s coming in to make Leao and Puli better, help them score more goals. I would ask you to look at what he was doing for Spain, your you clearly don’t understand his movements or his function or the fact that he started every game up front for a REASON.
Utter rubbish, we have known for years that what we lack is that 20 plus goal per season striker to make us real contenders for the scudetto, Capello and Sacchi have said this. People spend years stating that Milan lacks a top class striker and now all of a sudden we need someone to make everyone else better…..the primary job of a striker is to. Score goals, or did we sign Van Basten, Sheva, Pato and Bierhoff to make those around them better? All those strikers I’ve just listed made other players better by being top strikers, stop settling for mediocrity, and trying to justify the Morata signing by spinning some horseshit!… you think all of a sudden Morata is gonna turn Leao and Pulisic into 18 goal a season players? Our wide men are excellent -providers and can get 12 ish goals per season, we don’t have Salah and Mane wide with a 1 in 2 goal ratio
I understand football fine thanks, played it to a pretty high standard….you make some pretty ridiculous posts yourself sometimes, but that’s what opinions are for…no need to be a kn0b is there……Morata is a decent journeyman striker, don’t pretend he is any better than that, dont think it’s me that doesn’t understand football son…..
We don’t lack a 20 per season striker..
It’s better to have 3 15G a season players than be reliant on a form of one dude
I think Morata is a good addition, should at least fill the Giroud gap competently and gives the best opportunity to the forwards to play. Great in the press and adds some experience.
However, I take your point about our wingers not being 1-in-2 guys, though at their most efficient Pulisic and Leao are both excellent finishers IMO.
But quick note on Oliver Bierhoff… he was exactly that sort of player for Milan. He was a ball winner, a foil for Shevchenko and had a 1-in-3 ratio similar to Morata. Yes, he had a more ‘90s physical style instead of Morata and my memory considers him closer to Giroud, but hardly 20 goal per season guy.
Which made me wonder who would count as that mythical 20+ striker we could have been in for at reasonable money? Luuk de Jong? Alex Sorloth? I don’t think they would excite many. Dovbyk and Jonathan David (19 goals in France) I guess are closest but very different players to what we have
“Proper football did prevail but Morata had jack Sh!t to do with it….”
Are you sure I’m the one who doesn’t understand it? 🙂
Utter rubbish, we have known for years that what we lack is that 20 plus goal per season striker to make us real contenders for the scudetto, Capello and Sacchi have said this. People spend years stating that Milan lacks a top class striker and now all of a sudden we need someone to make everyone else better…..the primary job of a striker is to. Score goals, or did we sign Van Basten, Sheva, Pato and Bierhoff to make those around them better? All those strikers I’ve just listed made other players better by being top strikers, stop settling for mediocrity, and trying to justify the Morata signing by spinning some horsesh!t!… you think all of a sudden Morata is gonna turn Leao and Pulisic into 18 goal a season players? Our wide men are excellent -providers and can get 12 ish goals per season, we don’t have Salah and Mane wide with a 1 in 2 goal ratio
I understand football fine thanks, played it to a pretty high standard….you make some pretty ridiculous posts yourself sometimes, but that’s what opinions are for………Morata is a decent journeyman striker, don’t pretend he is any better than that
Bro that was 30years ago. Might as well have been a different century. All you’re doing above is huffing, puffing and getting all nostalgic and off point.
Your post was about lack of value of Morata. Don’t side track. And I am telling you what is value is as I see it.
They are bringing him in as a senatorial, experienced 9 that makes everyone around him better.
Will he score? YES. Will he help Leao and Puli score? YES. Does he bring palpable relatable experience? YES.
Is this everything that Zlatan was for us when he came back? YES! Did he score? YES. Did he score a lot? NO. Did he make everyone around him better? YES. Was he instrumental in helping win the Scudetto? YES.
What more do you need to understand why Zlatan targets him?
I appreciate some aspect of acm1899 posts but Drew you’re spot on. Morata is a status quo striker. I compared his stats with Giroud and it’s basically the same. We’ve basically gone with a like for like and no “dream” if you want to call it that. Now if they go and buy say a dreamer sure that’s fine. But it’s not a signing that excites and it basically keeps us where we’re at. Now he could very well have a career best season like Puli but we can’t bank on that every time.
Not totally against it the move through, it is what it is and we’ll make our judgements accordingly. But it does scream cheap and readily available so why not.
Puisic just had an outstanding season, leao doesn’t need Morata, he needs a f@cking elite coach to get the best out of him and motivate him. He needs a Pep, Klopp or a Carlo….
Buddy, stop talking. You look ridiculous
What you think Morata’s ability, influence and overall play is comparable to zlatan now do you…? Zlatan was a once in a generational striker, probably more natural ability than both messi and Ronaldo…comparing the leadership of Morata and Zlatan is clueless buddy…Zlatan also came back in a time of turmoil and steadied the ship….possibly less about experience and more about kicking the ar$e of those that needed it…
I’m not sidetracking. I don’t disagree with your assessment of Morata to a point, but is he what we need? That’s a big fat f`@cking NO….hes not clutch either, he has a history of fluffing his lines with big chances…hell I don’t even hate him, im partly being facetious…he just isn’t what we need, or should be aspiring too.
Just because something happened 30 years ago does that change anything? Morons have tried to change football but it’s pretty bloody simple. You can’t just answer yes to your own rhetoric…..😂 what is off point annd huffing annd puffing about expecting Milan to sign a strike with an output comparalbe to that of Lautaro? 24 league goals…and by the way he makes those around him better too…..while scoring 24 goals,
But don’t worry, next season….yes next season we will get a top striker 😂😂
He started every game because Spain do not have a quality striker.
Exactly! Stephane Guivarc’h anyone!!!
You see what you started? It’s all your fault…
🤣🤣🤣
Wow – yeh I see this thread blew up 😂
Please stop him from coming to Milan.
Please seek help.
Why? Because he has a differing opinion to you? Is that not a little fascistic? When Morata was at Juve, did you cast your eyes over to Turin and were they green with envy? 😂😂Would you at any time have taken Morata over Giroud?
Even his own club doesn’t try to keep him haha here is Milan competing with nobody on both the market and the field. Can’t beat us if we refuse to compete. Smart management.
You can’t keep someone whose release clause is triggered, B.
Personally I like this review of Morata’s performance in the final ……..😂
A poor touch saw him butcher a promising break and he ruined another by shooting instead of passing. Also blew his big chance by inexplicably deciding against dinking the ball over Pickford but worked tirelessly until his 68th-minute substitution.
But it’s ok, he’s not here to score goals
Okay. Let’s take Bellingham. What did he do all game? Couple of good touches? One moment of brilliance against the Dutch? Scored two goals altogether on the Euro’s. Overall a forgettable tournament for him and Not a much better performance than Morata throughout the tournament. But the price tag in 180mil.
Morata was vital for Spain entire tournament and the final game especially in creating the space that Nico Williams ran into to score the first goal. Costs 13mil. Far more experienced only scored one less goal than Jude.
“But he’s not here to score goals”
He’s very underrated. I’ll take him. Thank You Very Much.
And therein lies your standards…I’m partly being facetious here, Morata is a decent player, but not what we need, we need a younger dynamic palyer with a goal output comparable to Lauraro…oh and guess what, Lautaro makes others around him better while scoring 24 league goals!! You see my point yet? If we had Mo Salah and Sadio Mane scoring 1 in 2 or better in Salah’s case from the wings then you can make an argument for Morata, but guess what brainiac…we don’t…Leao and Pulisic are great players but they are not going to ever be your main goal scoring threat, Leao is almost too unselfish at times…We need a top striker..Morata can dazzle us with his wonderful movement all season long but who’s scoring the goals? Our defence was shaky last season, no guarantees it’s gonna get better this…we need a weapon up front..Giroud got 15 last season I’m the league, same as Morata…it’s a sideways move when we need a forward one
Also Bellingham just had a clutch season for Madrid…pretty obvious the England issues are Southgate related and not player related
Drew! Lautaro plays in a two striker system – completely different system from Milan’s. How is that relevant to us?!
We play with three up front one of which will be Morata. He will never score as many as Lau. But again, like the turtle said if Morata scores 15 but helps Leao and Puli score more goals, then yes, he’s good for our system.
Brainiac or not, just common sense here, man.
You don’t think Lauraro would score 24 goals as a loan striker? 😂 stop overthinking it…there was a reason Madrid and uniter were after him…
I don’t think Leao or Pulisic will score (significantly) any more goals with Morata here..
Yeah man I’m with you on that. “Sideways move” indeed. I bet if his price was 30M€ he would never be in contention, Milan just saw the opportunity to recruit a hyped guy for cheap. He should sell some jerseys. Fans around here act like we’re just out of the banter era when we won a scudetto and have a core of top players that should be upgraded with proven players but no it’s all about the holy budget and the growth.
Totally with you Mate…and you’ve nailed it. Those lauding the signing of Morata think there is a motive behind it other than he’s cheap…
Were these people watching him at Juve years ago thinking ‘yes! I wish we had him at
Milan’…course they weren’t. It’s amazing how people shoehorn narratives to suit their current thing
Spot on!
@flyingturtle…..
We don’t lack a 20 per season striker..
It’s better to have 3 15G a season players than be reliant on a form of one
No…..no it isn’t… all I’ll say is haaland, mbappe, messi, Ronaldo, R9, sheva, van basten……when Barcelona came knocking for Van Basten back in the late 80s, did Silvio think…hmmmm yes illl sell and buy three strikers who score 10 goals, That’ll do it
That’s the problem, Drew. You’re still living in the 90s. I bet you’re what, 50-60 at least? And I don’t mean that as an insult. Just genuinely curious.
The signing of Morata shows low ambition.
Be as curious as you like, and for you to
Insult me if have you value your opinion….No I’m not living in the 90s, and I’m early 40s , supported Milan since 1988, what’s happening is I witnessed the best club side in the history of the game and I know how this sh!t gets done…., it’s not about the old days, Pep’s Barca was just a reincarnation of Sacchi’s ideas as was Klopp…nothing has changed since the 80s – 90s and that’s where you’re gravely mistaken, morons have tried to change football but it’s still the same simple game. The names change but the theory still applies. I’m not huffing and puffing abut the old days, you’re just advancing a narrative based around a preconceived ‘change’…there is no change. Haaland is the Van basten of now, Messi the Maradona and you can throw Zidane and R9 down the middle. I presume you are American? Which is why you subscribe to this ‘score 30 goals across the aggregate nonsense?’…football doesn’t work like that. Even today which isn’t 30 years ago, the likes of Haaland and Mbappe are scoring up to 50 a season by not being rotated…you
Know It is possible to have a striker who gets the best out of Leao and the rest of our players, and that player not having a habit of missing big chances….just saying.
Replied to this twice now but presumably the Stazi have stopped it…are you one of the authors here by any chance?
Would you stop! For heavens sake did you see the team those players you called played in?.. That team was complete from top to bottom..Those where the years, now is the present with insane amounts of money needed. It’s the sum of all the parts, what will a 20+ striker do for you if you have a -20 defensive department.. and no Silvio also thought oh.. we need to have a great defence and Midfield… And when oil money and states money started coming in.. he realised he couldn’t do it anymore…
P.s Haaland, 20+, 30+ striker, didn’t help Dortmund that much and his chances of playing in a Euro or World cup is 50-50, if you know what I mean..😉
Well for a start if your defence leaks 20 and you have a striker that scores 20 it cancels it out…have a think on that..
Yeah the whole team was great back then,
My criticism of Milan doesn’t stop with Morata 😂 the who Redbird model is based around
Mediocrity. How when we need a new CB we aren’t in the running for 32m Buongiorno who is a consistent Serie A performer…I mean this particular one was about Morata but it didn’t stop there does it….
You’re just throwing names out randomly.
Sure it would be superb to get Kane. Can Milan afford Kane? Nope. So stop talking nonsense.
Vlahovic, Osi are supposedly among the best strikers in Italy, I bet my left nut you’d take either of those in a second, right?
They don’t score 20 goals a season…
20G a season ST is a silly little dream for silly little people. When you have a functional team, you’ll score goals.
So would you rather have Haaland or three strikers who score 15 goals? Ignore the price tag, say Haaland came through our primavera..who would you have?
Saying 20 goal a season striker is a ‘silly
Little dream’ is just unintelligent. It doesn’t need to be a premier league level investment, with Theo, Rafa and Leao we could have a 20 goal striker for reasonable investment.
The Redbird fanboys always decry money and the power of the prem…there is somewhere inbetween the premier league budgets and where Redbird pitch you know….
Oh and Oshimen scored 26 in their scudetto season
I’m saying we already have 2 players who score 15 goals. We just need one more
How about 2 That score 15 And one that scores 18, 19, 20….or does that not compute?
Sure. Leao will score more than 15 and here you go. Your fûcking 20G a season player…
He did. And never again
So it’s not a silly dream then is it? 😂 Lautaro did it, Oshimen did it, Vlahovic did it at Fiorentina then there’s Immobile…. But you
Keep on saying it’s a silly Little Dream
It definitely it a silly dream. Only martinez does it continuously. We can groom a martinez, will we tho? Doubt
Oh it’s still a silly Dream Because you Say so and it supports your narrative..excellent way to win an argument…it’s like living in a world of goldfish
Were Liverpool fans living in the past from 1992 until 2018? We’re they huffing and puffing and being nostalgic???
Then they signed an elite coach….and former glories returned. Stop settling for mediocrity, you’re a Milan fan….act like one
How is that in any way relative?! You can’t compare Liverpool’s/EPL’s budget to ours.
We will never be that financially strong because the league itself is decrepit and prohibitive of that. We will never be able to spend Liverpool money.
Actually Liverpool’s net spend wasn’t that high…most of it was funded by sales..Both Barca 2009 and man United 90s teams were built on less than enormous budgets, largely from youth development..it’s not inconceivable
Pray tell tho. Which, economically attainable, 20G a season ST should Milan bring?
Well without knowing the ins and outs and players desires and wishes how can you say?
Personally I’d take Icardi over Morata…is he free? Who knows, we hear he loves Milan…then there’s Dobvyk and Jonathan David… perhaps Ivan Toney. All signings are a gamble, You need to take the chance that who you sign is going to be able to up their game with better teammates….my thoughts are you want a striker who is hungry for that next level, not a journeyman. Icardi still has things to prove as well.
And right away you say ‘economically attainable’….a club can run losses for 5 years under ffp..there’s no reason we couldn’t structure a good fee over a period of time…we had 40m For Zirkzee afterall so there’s your precedent
None of those is a 20G a season ST and they’re no better than Morata. Half of them would flop.
You should go and check top scorers in leagues for the last few years before you mention a 20G ST ever again. You’ll be surprised how few of them actually are. And even fewer those who are consistent about it.
No you see yet again you totally miss the spot..
Jonathan David scored 19 and 24 league goals
I’m his last two seasons that makes him a 20 goal a season striker doesn’t it across the averages, we know how much you guys love that…also Icardi scored 20 plus for Galatasaray on his last two seasons and also did it three times for inter…Dobvyk has scored more than 20
In his last 2 seasons once in ukraine then in la Liga…Toney has had three seasons in the prem and done 20 goals once in a mid table Brentford side…
Morata on the other hand has never scored
More than 15 goals in a league season…so perhaps don’t make stupid claims like ‘they would flop’ which is completely baseless unless you have a crystal ball…
You’re the one missing the point.
None of those is a 20G a season ST. Foking boring got 20G in Turkey ffs
BORINI!
But the statistics I’ve posted show I’m right.😂 the term 20 goal striker doesn’t mean someone who scores 20 every year…Shevchenko was a 20 plus striker but he didn’t always get that. What it means is that a player with a level in their ability that means they are capable of scoring 20 plus league goals. Haaland is a 30 goals a season striker but last year due to dip in form and injury he only got 27…it’s terminology…all the players I mentioned have done that in pretty much half the time Morata has never surpassed 15 league goals
The term 20G a season ST means exactly that. A ST that can produce 20 goals consistently
Don’t agree, even Alan shearer one of the most consistent league goals scorers of all time dropped below 20 on a number of occasions. With todays heavy schedules and rotation you sent going to get that any more.
Just look at their goal output..David, Dobvyk and Icardi are 1 in 2 strikers or better…Morata is one in 3 or even 4…that’s not good enough
If Morata becomes a clutch 1 in 2 striker for us then I’ll take it all back..
Agree, don’t agree..it is what it is and you’re wrong.
‘You’re wrong’….that’s it…you’ve won the argument because you said so 😂😂 are you sucking your thumb right now.?.this is a forum ffs it’s about opinions. It’s not black and white…there are shades of grey…..honestly
I didn’t win because I’m not here to win. And this is not a forum it’s a news page.
You’re here talking about shade of grey and can’t even admit that a player who gets 20G in one season every jump year isn’t a 20G a season ST.
I mean Pavlidis is a 20G a season ST isn’t he. And we totally missed that cheap ST opportunity
I would suggest any outlet with a comments section by default becomes a forum…..
Gyokeres only has plus 20 goals twice, once for Coventry in the championship and once for sporting he may well continue that….i can’t think of the last player to score 20 goals every season, even. Messi, R9, MVB and Ronaldo haven’t done that….Gerd Muller may have done I’m not sure….
We can split hairs on terminology but for me a 20 goal striker is not one who reaches that every season, but one who has it in his locker to achieve that in multiple seasons in his career
Morata come to ACM not only infield contribution but also to help the growing camarda, he will give his experience to camarda and in 2-3 years camarda will be ready to take his starting spot , something that cannot be doing if young striker like joshua,dovyk,gimenez coming to ACM . All you want are italian player right ? Camarda are best talent in u16 italy now so morata are best choice to help him growth
You make many good points, I wouldn’t have had an issue with Morata coming as a backup, and if there was a better sticker coming with him.. If we signed Morata and Dobvyk and let Jovic go. That then makes sense to me. I just worry that our attack isn’t particularly high score by and we haven’t rectified that with Morata
Pretty sure our attackers scored the most last season in Italy. Sure inter scored more goals but 13 of that came from snake hakan and some of that came from fullbacks. When I say our atk I mean st and wingers. We scored the most form those positions
He isn’t the best choice but the cheapest one.
i thought i’ve seen the dumbest comments in this site
and then i saw drew
Wow, what a fabulous Intellect and contribution you have 😂