Alvaro Morata has told his side of the story regarding what went wrong for him at AC Milan, claiming he experienced things he has not before in football.
Morata joined Milan from Atletico Madrid in the 2024 summer transfer window and was meant to be the experienced leader of Paulo Fonseca’s attack. However, things didn’t work out and both ended up leaving before the end of the winter window.
A loan switch to Galatasaray followed for the Spaniard, who then spoke during the ‘El Larguero’ segment on Cadena SER a few months ago and explained why he thinks joining Milan was the wrong move.
It is something that is believed to have angered the club, or at least as they were then. Now, with his former coach Massimiliano Allegri at the helm and a new sporting director in Igli Tare, there is a small chance he could benefit from a clean slate.
Morata speaks out
The striker has given an interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport in which he spoke about what happened during a ‘strange’ season for him personally and also what the future might hold, given the big changes at Milan.
You won three trophies, one with Milan and two with Galatasaray…
“And we hope to bring home another one on Sunday, the day of the Nations League final, it would be fantastic. The generation of phenomena did the European Championship-World Cup-European Championship, we can do the Nations League-European Championship-Nations League.
“It’s not the same thing but it’s not to be thrown away, also because the Nations League has grown, winning it is tough. In the semi-final we have France, a great team.”
Let’s take a step back and analyse this strange season for you…
“A lot of things happened, some very quickly, too quickly, complicated for me to manage, but in the end I’m happy.”
What happened? You arrived at Milan as a European champion, full of energy and desire…
“Yes, and in my opinion we also played great matches, things weren’t going as bad as it seemed or was said. But then things happened in there that I had never experienced in my career and that I prefer to keep to myself, I didn’t feel comfortable anymore and before becoming a problem I left.”
Milan’s season was very negative, what was the problem?
“I can’t say. Sudden changes from one day to the next are never easy. If you start playing with a certain mentality and then suddenly change radically, it can go very well for you or not. Maybe the new path chosen at the beginning of the season needed a bit of time to be beaten.
“For the 6 months I was there, I can say a few things: the first is that it’s not true that, as I read around, I would have regretted the choice. Never. It was an honour to wear a historic shirt like Milan’s. The second is that if it’s true that we weren’t consistent in the league, we played good games.
“We won here at the Bernabeu, we lost against Napoli due to minimal details, we did well in the derby… But they decided to change and there’s not much else to say.”
You are an experienced person, did you immediately realise that things were not going well?
“Yes. Especially in terms of communication. I try to be respectful with everyone, but there are certain things that at least I don’t like and for this reason, to avoid creating problems, I left.”
Now there are Tare and Allegri. You are on loan at Galatasaray until December 31st. Have you spoken to them?
“No, or at least not in the new role. Because I often hear from Max because of the relationship that binds us. I saw Tare a couple of times at dinner with friends but nothing more.
“I’m happy for them and for Milan: they are great professionals and if they took them it means that Milan wants to get back to winning and being important right away and I hope everything goes great for them.”
Cpuld you possibly return?
“I honestly don’t know, but they are the ones who have to make decisions to make a very competitive team. For now, zero contacts. It’s the first time I have this loan in line with the calendar year, we’ll see. I can only say that I had a great time in Istanbul.”
In 2026 there is the World Cup and you want to be in the best shape…
“Of course. We’ll see what the future holds.”
