Real Madrid have done an incredible season winning the double with La Liga, and the Champions League. This was a very difficult task, because Los Blancos had not won La Liga in the last five years and they are the first team who claimed for second time in a row the Champions League title. Now it’s the moment to evaluate the performance of the players during the season 2016-2017.
The second stage of Álvaro Morata at Real Madrid has lasted only one year, because he decided to leave Real Madrid with the aim of having more minutes in another side. Finally, he signed for Chelsea for an amount of around €80M, earning €8M per season. He will coincide with Antonio Conte, his coach in his stage at Juventus. He became one of the most expensive transfers in the football history and the most expensive sale in Real Madrid history. Many people wanted Morata to stay, but the forward left a lot of money.
The Spaniard striker wanted to triumph at Real Madrid but he didn’t have many minutes with Zidane. In fact, he scored more goals during the season than the Benzema but the French manager didn’t give him the continuity to become a usual player in his line-up. However, Morata decided to leave the team that supports since childhood but
His performance in the 2016-2017 season was really good, despite he wasn’t included in in the important games line-up. In fact, Morata played the games with the unusual players, being the reference in the attack and scoring a lot of goals; 15 in La Liga, 3 in Champions League and two in La Copa, adding a total of 20.
Álvaro Morata was a very important player last season but he had to stay on the bench in the key games. He could only play some minutes in the Champions League final and the lack of opportunities made him take the decision of leaving the club and try a new adventure in the Premier League.