Reports: Madrid's Alvaro Morata close to £70m Chelsea move

According to reports, Real Madrid and Chelsea have reached an
agreement for the transfer of 24 year old Alvaro Morata.

The player who came through the Real Madrid youth academy is reported
to have left the club's pre-season tour of the United States at their
Los Angeles base and his now heading to London to have his medicals.

The Spanish striker was initially in the radar of Manchester United,
but they were priced out of a move for the two time champions league
winner.

Chelsea have been targeting signing a striker after it was revealed
that Diego Costa was not in Antonio Conte's plans for the coming
season. With report now circulating that the club is closing in on
signing the Spanish international, it would turn out to be a huge
scoop for the Premier League champions after the disappointment of
missing out on the signing of their first choice target, Romelu
Lukaku.

With reports emanating from Spain having been picked up by sections of
the Italian press, where he spent some time with Juventus, it seems
the reports have some legs to it as the story continues to develop. It
should become clearer within the next 24 hours.