Juventus striker Alvaro Morata has denied suggestions that he might be on his way back to Real Madrid this summer.
The 22-year-old moved from the Estadio Bernabeu to the Old Lady a year ago, for a fee of €20 million, though Los Blancos inserted a buy-back clause exercisable at the end of the 2015/16 season, or 2016/17 season, for a maximum value of €30m. With rumours suggesting the Spanish side would prefer he returned to La Liga during the upcoming transfer window.
“Nobody has spoken to me about going back,” Morata told Cadena Ser. “It is something that would depend on many people.
“That said, I have to think about how my year went [at Juventus]. And I am very happy to be playing here.
“The year could have been better if we had won the Champions League. I could have easily scored 20 to 25 goals had I been better prepared in the first half of the season.
“I could have done much better. These have been a couple of hard days in which we lost the Champions League final, though I feel the team gained plenty from the journey.
“Sometimes it’s not always pretty but we’ve learnt and seen that we’re not made of glass. We’ll emerge out the other side soon.”
Morata made 42 appearances in all competitions for Juventus last season, scoring 13 goals, including two against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final, and another in the 3-1 defeat to Barcelona in the final.
