“Morata? Of discarded, nothing”

“Álvaro Morata is not ruled out at all.” That is how forceful and clear they respond within Barcelona when it is questioned whether there is any change in strategy in the signing of Álvaro Morata, after the statements of the Juventus coach, Massimo Allegri, in which he publicly assured that the Spanish forward was not he was going to march, giving the case “for closed”.

As well, As AS has learned, the club maintains the unconditional commitment to bring Morata this January, to the point of emphasizing that the roadmap to bring the Spanish striker to Barcelona remains unchanged.

In fact, as this newspaper has learned, Xavi Hernández himself had a telephone conversation on Tuesday with the Spanish international, in which he confirmed the interest and the club’s commitment to him, although he also asked for a little patience, since the entity was making a superhuman effort to release chips and adapt the wage bill to the financial ‘fair play’.

Thus, in Barcelona they do not consider the signing of Morata closed in any case, although they assume that it will not be easy, since they have to manage to release an important player to be able to give the green light to his incorporation. Obviously, the downward renewal of Dembélé or the departure of Samuel Umtiti would open the doors directly upon his arrival in the Catalan entity.

The player’s desire to come to Barcelona remains firm, as does Xavi’s interest, who considers him an absolute priority. In fact, in the club they insist, by active and passive, that neither has been settled nor have they considered the operation ruled out in any case. The soap opera seems to still live several more chapters before January 31.