Chelsea Transfer News: Huge Barcelona-Chelsea swap deal, Blues striker a target for Everton, Higuain transfer hurdle, and more - 11th January 2019

#3 Morata transfer status

Alvaro Morata

Alvaro Morata is certain to leave Chelsea in the January transfer window, but Chelsea will only let him go after they find a replacement for him, as per Spanish journalist Guillem Balagué, in his BBC Radio 5 Live’s Football Daily podcast.

Balague has revealed that Morata's agent has met with two Spanish clubs - Sevilla and Atletico Madrid and that he has agreed personal terms with both clubs.

What’s quite clear is Morata’s agent is in Spain and has reached an agreement with Sevilla. So Morata would go to Sevilla, but then he goes to Madrid and meets [Diego] Simeone and then he reaches an agreement with Atletico Madrid. So he could go to Atletico Madrid as well. The thing is that Chelsea have not given him permission to sell him because they say: ‘unless we get a replacement, we won’t get rid of Morata," said Balagué.

Chelsea were recently linked with a move for Sevilla striker Andre Silva, who is currently on loan from AC Milan.