Alvaro
Morata says he cannot see himself living in London very long, admitting he
finds England's capital "stressful", ahead of returning to Italy for
Chelsea's clash with Roma.
The striker left Juventus in 2016 to re-join Real Madrid after the Spanish
club activated a buy-back clause in his contract, having won two Serie A
titles and helped Juve reach the Champions League final in his two years in
Turin.
Despite struggling to earn regular first-team opportunities at Real Madrid,
Morata has quickly got up to speed with the Premier League since moving to
Chelsea - scoring six goals in nine appearances - but it is the pace of life
off the pitch which is taking its toll on the forward.
"I'm fine," Morata told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. "I live
in downtown Chelsea. London fascinates me with its multi-ethnicity, the
coexistence of cultures and religions, but I do not see myself living here
for very long. Too much, too much stress, too many metropolises."
Morata, whose wife is Italian, felt he arrived at Juventus "a boy" but left
as "a real player", admitting the environment was perfectly suited for him -
and not one he wanted to leave in order to return to Madrid.
"Italy for a Spaniard is the best country to live," he said. "You have
everything: beauty, history, art, cooking, fashion. I would never have left
Italy and Juve.
"The disappointment [of leaving Juventus] was enormous, I found myself back
to the starting point. They [Real Madrid] treated me like the guy I was
before the two Italian seasons."
Morata missed out on the chance to work with Chelsea head coach Antonio
Conte at Juventus as the player's arrival in 2014 came shortly before the
Italian's exit, but the lure of playing under Conte was the decisive factor
in moving to Stamford Bridge.
"I came here because there was a coach like Antonio Conte," Morata added.
"We started talking about my eventual transfer last spring and finally I
really landed in London. "
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