On the pitch he will wear the number 7 shirt, but this is a detail. Because Alvaro Morata he is the “9” that Milan has been looking for for weeks after Giroud’s farewell, the centre forward who in the middle will have to turn everything that happens in his area into a goal. The wait has been long, but now the fans can start enjoying him. It happened yesterday outside the hotel where he stayed for a few hours before heading to Milanello for the first time, and it was the same today outside Casa Milan and at the Milan Store in the city centre, where many fans waited for him for an autograph, the first demonstrations of affection from a city that wants to dream with its new striker: “I had several possibilities of returning to Italy in recent years, but as soon as I spoke to Zlatan and the coach there was no way around it – the Spaniard explained in a press conference -. No team wanted me so much. It seemed like I was already at Milan during the European Championships. My goal? To win. I don’t care about scoring 50 or 60 goals. There are players who score millions of goals, but then they don’t win anything. You have to win. Yesterday when I entered Milanello I understood what it feels like. I want to bring the second star and make history. I know these are the last years of my career, but the best”.
L’idolo Ibrahimovic
Next to him was Zlatan Ibrahimovic to welcome him (“Yesterday there was ‘the animal’ – that’s what Pavlovic called it – and today there’s ‘the handsome one’. I’m sure he’ll do well like the names of the past. When we saw the possibility of taking him we attacked immediately”) and the Swede was decisive in choosing Morata: “Ibra is one of my greatest idols – explained the Spaniard -, I always asked him everything through friends. Being next to him makes me dream. I’ve heard from Kakà, I’ve spoken to Sheva, Pato and David Beckham: they told me that you can see that there’s something different in Milan. An emotion that your name is Milan, that your name is Ibrahimovic. I could go and get money or relax. I’m in the perfect place, at the perfect age: to do 5 or 6 years, to do well and to win”.
Ibra: “Morata perfect for us”
He knows what awaits him and is not afraid of the responsibilities he will have to take on (“I have no problem if someone comes to me one day and says: ‘You’re shitting me’. The coach, the club and Ibra have shown me that they believe in me. I cannot promise titles, but I will run like a dog to put pressure on and I will help my teammates: a leader pushes his teammates towards their best”), because the club has seen in him the hallmarks of a leader capable of acting as a guide for all his teammates, especially the younger ones. “What we were looking for was a complete striker, present on and off the pitch – explained Ibrahimovic -. Morata is a perfect example for us: the team is younger than last year and Alvaro will also have this role off the pitch, we will help him take on this responsibility. When you are new you do not know the team and the club but I am not worried. At the European Championship he was captain and a guide, he is a winner and a champion not only in the national team, but also in the clubs. He has won not a little, but a lot. On the pitch we all know Alvaro and with the new coach, with the more offensive game he will do well. When I spoke to Alvaro I told him that in this team the best position is for the striker”.
And he wants to start off strong right away, because he knows that with Fonseca’s game there will be plenty of opportunities to show off his skills: “I spoke to the coach several times, even at length,” Morata said. “We didn’t need much more information to make the decision. His idea is very similar to the one I like and the one I know I can give my best in.”
Young people and the market
He also has the task of helping a young talent like Camarda to explode (“I met him today. I watched his games, he scored many more goals than when I was in the Real youth team. I just want to help him, make him grow: he will be the future, or maybe the present, in football you never know. Maybe I’ll sit on the bench for him. I’m someone who jokes with young people, but also someone who gets angry if they don’t do things well”), while Ibra has the task of perfecting a squad that is missing the defensive midfielder: “In the first press conference I said that God created the world in seven days: this is day four – the Swede reiterated -. The team is reacting well to the work they are doing. We are working on the market and following the strategy put in place from the beginning”.
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– 2024-08-10 13:52:10
