The day of Alvaro Morata has finally arrived. The Spanish striker was presented at a press conference and then met the fans in Piazza Duomo, waving his number 7 shirt. These are his words: “I thank everyone for bringing me here. I have had several opportunities to return to Italy over the years, but as soon as Zlatan called me I didn’t think about anything else. It’s the team that wanted me the most, at the European Championships it already seemed like I was a Milan player. I need the gut feelings and the trust, everything here is incredible. It’s difficult to find a club with this organization”.
The past at Juventus: “I am grateful and I thank them for what they did for me. Now I am a Milan player, another adventure begins. Allegri? I have not spoken to him, he helped me a lot and when I see him again it will be fun. In Italy it has never happened that someone disrespected me or my family”.
During the conference he also spoke Zlatan Ibrahimovicwho said: “What we were looking for was a complete player, present on and off the pitch. Alvaro is a perfect example of this. The team is younger, Giroud and Kjaer, two leaders, have left; now he enters the dressing room with this role too. The pitch will be important but also the rest and we will help him take on this responsibility. He is new, he doesn’t know the team and the club but I’m not worried: he led the European Championship as captain, he is a winner, he has great experience, he has won a lot. He will bring something extra to the team. We all know him on the pitch, he just has to stay focused, then he will score and everything else. We are really very happy, yesterday there was theanimal (Pavlovic, ed.), today the Handsome. God created the world in 7 days, this is day 4 for us. We are excited”, he said, thus suggesting at least 3 more purchases.
The first one should be Emerson Royal: the negotiations with Tottenham seem to have finally come to a conclusion and the Rossoneri should pay the Londoners 15 million euros plus bonuses (the request was more than 25). Once this operation is finalized, everything will be focused on a midfielder (Monaco’s Youssouf Fofana is always top of mind) and – perhaps – on another striker.
Reread the full press conference of Morata and Ibrahimovic