Manchester United To Continue Talks With Real Madrid Over Morata

Manchester United are not giving up on land Spain international Alvaro Morata and will continue negotiations with Real Madrid.  The prospective deal does not include David de Gea going in the other direction.

United had seen a £52.4m offer rejected by the Champions League and La Liga winners, with Real thought to want in the region of £78m for the forward. Morata has emerged as United's first-choice target for a new forward after their pursuit of Antoine Griezmann ended.

Morata scored 20 goals in all competitions for Real last season, after returning from a spell at Juventus via Real's buy-back option in the original 2014 deal. In two seasons with Juventus, Morata won two Serie A titles, two Coppa Italia titles.