Arsenal are looking to capture Juventus forward Alvaro Morata by using the buy-out clause in his contract that would allow Real Madrid to resign him and then sell him off for a healthy profit.
Spaniard Alvaro Morata has been attracting attention from top clubs across Europe with his performances for Juventus over the past couple of seasons. Since arriving in Turin in 2014, Morata has scored 26 goals for Juve and has put in some impressive performances against the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Arsene Wenger and Arsenal have now zeroed in on the 23-year-old forward as one of their top summer transfer targets. Wenger has remained ambivalent about the prospect of continuing with Olivier Giroud as the club’s main striker, and is now believed to be keen on signing a world class striker, with Alvaro Morata the player on the Frenchman’s mind, according to the Evening Standard.
Arsenal ready to break transfer record for Morata
The Gunners are not known to be one of the big spenders in the transfer market. Their most expensive signing ever was that of Mesut Ozil in 2013 for £42.4 million, but the club are now willing to break that record in order to bring in Morata.
Arsenal have reportedly already offered £49 million to Real Madrid in an effort to convince them to buy back the current Juventus player and then sell him.
Real Madrid tempted to act as agents
The transfer of Alvaro Morata is very interesting in the sense that his current club Juventus have almost no say in his future, even though the forward may be keen to stay in Turin. When Real Madrid sold Morata to the Serie A giants in 2014, they included a buy-back clause which they could use during any transfer window to re-sign their academy product.
Now with Arsenal putting in a bid for Morata, Real could act as mere agents by buying back Morata and then selling him off for an inflated price. The La Liga giants can buy him back for £19 million, and then sell him off for double that price. There are other interested parties as well, including Paris Saint-Germain and Leicester City.
