Chelsea’s Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring their first goal. Photo: Reuters
LONDON: Diego Costa’s departure will have no lasting impact on Chelsea’s title ambitions because in Alvaro Morata they have signed the perfect striker to fill his boots, the club’s former frontman Andriy Shevchenko said on Friday.
Premier League champions Chelsea agreed to sell Spain international Costa back to Atletico Madrid on Thursday — ending a standoff between the 28-year-old and the club for whom he was top scorer in his three seasons at Stamford Bridge.
Morata signed from Real Madrid in July for a reported fee of 58 million pounds ($78.45 million) and …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
