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title: "Morata to remain at Chelsea"
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author: "Sam Brown"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-08-04T10:08:58Z"
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# Morata to remain at Chelsea

Alvaro Morata will remain a Chelsea player for the start of the 2018-19 season, at least.

The Spaniard had been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge after a frustrating first year in the capital, but [Sky Sports now claim](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11460074/alvaro-morata-says-he-wanted-to-stay-at-chelsea-and-targets-improvement) Morata will not be sold before the August 9 transfer deadline.

![Charles McQuillan/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1009160954.jpg)

New manager Maurizio Sarri seems prepared to put faith in the striker, despite a poor goal return in his first Premier League campaign.

Arriving last summer for a £60 million fee, 15 goals in 48 appearances fell far short of what was expected of the 25-year-old.

However, a change of a number and a pair of arrivals in the Madrid-native’s own life seems to be indicative of a new chapter in Morata’s life.

Morata himself said:

> A lot of things have changed in our lives and the only thing I have in my head now is to score, score, score! Then to come back home and stay with my babies and my wife.

> The easiest thing would have been to leave Chelsea this year. I could have gone back to Italy. My wife is Italian, it is one hour to her home.

> I could have gone back to Spain, I had a lot of offers. More money.

> But I want to fight. I have had low pressure, because I had already played in Italy and Spain and done good things. But I decided to stay here, I wanted to.

Morata will compete for playing time with French World Cup winner Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi.