After a troubled first season in English football, things are looking up for Alvaro Morata. Chelsea's club-record signing is now a father to twin boys after his wife Alice Campello gave birth on Sunday.
In a lengthy message alongside a picture posted on Instagram of his wife and sons in hospital, Morata praised Campello for fighting "like a lioness" during a difficult pregnancy that felt "like three years" with "nights in hospital" and "dehydrated days" -- which may go some way towards explaining why his form dropped off so badly after a bright start at Stamford Bridge.
Morata scored seven goals in his first eight appearances after signing for Chelsea from Real Madrid in a £58 million deal last summer, but found the net just eight more times between December and May amid reports that he had failed to settle in London and was open to a move back to Italy, where he flourished in two seasons at Juventus.