Morata denies rejecting Spurs thanks to Kane

Alvaro Morata has denied suggestions he turned down a switch to Tottenham two years previously over a effort of taking half in motivate-as a lot as Harry Kane.

Rapidly after Morata joined Chelsea from Accurate Madrid, Spurs boss Pochettino claimed he had beforehand tried to signal the Spain global.

« Morata talked about myself, in the media he talked about ‘Mauricio called me’. That used to be two years previously or extra, » Pochettino talked about at the time.

« He talked about to me: ‘Why enact you be pleased to comprise me when you happen to might well comprise Harry Kane?' »

Morata is enjoying a elegant debut season at Stamford Bridge, with 10 desires from 17 league outings, even supposing his achievements light in comparability to these of Kane, who has 18 in 19 to glean his 2017 tally to 39 – a Premier League document for a calendar twelve months.

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« No or no longer it is no longer moral, » Morata instructed Sky Sports activities when asked about Pochettino’s claims.

« I spoke with him and he talked about he wished both [of us] to play collectively, nonetheless there used to be no likelihood to advance motivate to Tottenham.

« For sure I would be pleased to play with Kane, he’s a colossal participant, surely one of essentially the most straightforward strikers on the planet, nonetheless on this moment once I spoke with him [Pochettino] there used to be no likelihood to leave Accurate Madrid. »