Chelsea and Arsenal’s hopes of signing Alvaro Morata this summer have been dealt a blow, with Goal reporting that Real Madrid are keen to keep the striker after rejecting an 80m (£66.7m) offer for his signature. The Spain international, who netted three goals at EURO 2016, starred for Juventus during the last two seasons, prompting Los Blancos to make use of a buy-back clause they inserted into the initial deal that took him to Italy. However, this £25m move was widely suggested to be an exercise aimed towards selling him on for a mega profit, with Arsenal and Chelsea, among others, having been mooted as potential suitors. Indeed, Spanish football expert, Guillem Balague, has even...
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