Chelsea have already opened talks to sign Morata with Real Madrid having exercised the £23.6 million buy-out in the 23-year-old’s contract, having sold him to Juventus two years ago for £16 million.

The buy-out is understood to be in anticipation of selling Morata this summer for a substantial profit – a fee of £40 million has been mooted - with Chelsea targeting him and Everton’s Romelu Lukaku.