REAL MADRID TO BUY BACK ALVARO MORATA FROM JUVENTUS IN SUMMER

Italian giants Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta said he fears that Real Madrid will buy back Alvaro Morata this summer only to immediately sell the striker on at a profit.

Juventus bought Morata from Madrid for €22 million in 2014, in a deal which included a clause for the Bernabeu outfit to repurchase the player for €35m this coming summer.
Marotta told Italian TV show Domenica Sportiva, that he believed Los Blancos might take up their option on Morata even if they were not planning on keeping the 23-year-old long term.

 

"Real Madrid could see themselves obliged to repurchase the player, but in reality they might do it without having any sporting interest in Morata," Marotta said. "We hope he is not repurchased to immediately make a profit on him. They would be within their rights. There is a time-frame to do that, and we don't know if it will happen or not."
Morata scored 13 times across Serie A and the Champions League last season, including a crucial strike in the UCL semifinals which helped eliminate his former side from the competition.
Morata did recently renew his contract with the Turin-based side to run until 2020, and is now reportedly the third-best paid player on their books behind Paul Pogba and Gigi Buffon.