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title: "Juventus CEO responds to Alvaro Morata return rumours"
canonical: "https://readchelsea.com/2018/05/24/juventus-ceo-responds-to-alvaro-morata-return-rumours/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Matthew Sweeting"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-05-24T15:25:16Z"
modified: "2018-05-24T15:25:16Z"
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# Juventus CEO responds to Alvaro Morata return rumours

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has been linked with a return to Italian giants Juventus after an underwhelming first season in the Premier League.

Juventus chief executive Giuseppe Marotta spoke to TuttoMarketweb, via [Sports Witness](https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/999608726918221826), over a possible move for the Blues forward, he said:

> They are simply rumours and I want to deny \[that we want Morata\] because we have a great attacking department.

Its no surprise that he is keen to brush the story off as just rumours, however, this definitely does not rule out a move back to Turin for the Spaniard.

The 25-year-old joined Chelsea for a staggering fee of around £60 million last summer and has provided a return of just 11 goals in 31 games.

![Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/956655802-1.jpg)

Chelsea will be looking to recoup almost all of the £60 million figure if they are to sell, and they will be looking to replace him with a more reliable number nine.

However, it looks like time may be up for current manager Antonio Conte and the new manager may want to keep the former Real Madrid man.