Alvaro Morata will bring an end to a three-year wait to work with Antonio Conte by signing for Chelsea.

Striker Morata has travelled to London to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical after Chelsea agreed an initial club-record £58 million fee, which could rise to £70m with add-ons, with Real Madrid for the 24 year-old.

It was Conte who signed Morata for Juventus in 2014, but he resigned and took the Italian national team job before the pair could work together. Conte then tried to sign Morata for Chelsea last summer, but Real opted to exercise their buy-back clause and keep the player at the Bernabeu.

As he left Real’s pre-season tour in America to fly to England to complete a move to Chelsea, Morata said: “I'm going to the team managed by the coach who has placed the most faith in me and that's great for me. I'm very happy.”