How my Chelsea teammates humiliated me–Spanish star speaks ahead La Liga deal
Atletico Madrid striker Alvaro Morata has recounted how he lost his confidence at Chelsea because his teammates doubted his abilities.
He said the experience drove him crazy which made him return to Atletico Madrid on an 18-month loan deal which would become permanent next summer for 5m.
Morata has rediscovered his form as he has found the back of the net six times this season.
“I’m happier now,” Morata said on COPE radio on Tuesday night. “It wasn’t a good time in my football life, I’d stopped enjoying it. At times I didn’t believe in myself.”
The 27-year-old spent 18 months in the Premier League, in which he struggled for form and fitness, before joining Atletico in January this year.
“I was playing some games in England and I had the feeling that when I got into space, my teammates looked at me and I knew they thought I wouldn’t do anything good with the ball,” he added.
“It was driving me crazy. I had a bad time.”
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There have been persistent questions throughout Morata’s career about his ability to deal with the pressure of top-level football, even among those close to him.