With only one season playing for Juventus, Alvaro Morata's career was reinvigorated. The Spanish striker was one of the reasons why La Vecchia Signora returned to a UEFA Champions League final, and some rumors indicated he was going back to the club that gave him the first chance to play. Today, Morata denied such claims, stating that a move back to Real Madrid was not an option for now.
"I have to think about how my year went. And I'm very happy to be playing here," Morata stated. “The year could have been better if we had won the Champions League. I could have easily scored 20 to 25 goals had I been better prepared in the first half of the season," the striker added.
The 22-year old Spanish international scored thirteen goals for the Bianconeri this season in all competitions, including two that eliminated Real Madrid from the UEFA Champions League final. Going deeper into what it meant for him to play in Italy, Morata assures the team will learn from their mistakes and will be back wanting more next season.
I could have done much better. These have been a couple of hard days in which we lost the Champions League final, though I feel the team gained plenty from the journey. Sometimes it’s not always pretty but we’ve learnt and seen that we’re not made of glass. We’ll emerge out the other side soon,"Morata concluded.
The player did not celebrate any of the goals he scored against Los Blancos in the UCL semi-final.
Morata was signed by Juventus prior to the start of the 2014-2015 season, with Real Madrid including a buy-back clause in the player's contract to be exercized until the 2016-2017 season for 30 million euros.
