Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has said he would "have never left Italy" and Juventus were it not for the fact former club Real Madrid forced his hand, noting Turin was where he arrived "as a boy and left as a real player."
Morata moved to Juve in 2014 after struggling to find a place at Real, and it was only when Los Blancos used a buy-back clause in his contract that he departed.
Speaking to Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t Football Italia), he said:
“Why I chose to return to Real Madrid?