Alvaro Morata has opened up on his struggles at Chelsea (COPE)

Alvaro Morata believes his former Chelsea teammates lost faith in his ability during his time at Stamford Bridge.

The 27-year-old was signed by Chelsea for £60 million in July 2017 but the Spaniard struggled to make an impact with 24 goals in 72 appearances.

Less than two years later, Chelsea allowed Morata to join Atletico on loan before the move was made permanent earlier this summer.

And the striker admits his confidence took a major dent during his stint in the Premier League.


‘I had stopped enjoying it,’ Morata told COPE.

Morata scored 24 goals in 72 games for Chelsea (AMA/Getty Images)

‘Now I’m happy, there were times I didn’t even believe in myself.



‘In some games in England I felt like when my teammates saw me unmarked, I knew they thought I wouldn’t do anything good with the ball.

‘I didn’t feel like doing anything, leaving home, talking to people, nothing.

‘The only thing I had in mind was going to the World Cup, playing and being happy, and in the end I was quite the opposite of happy.’

Morata also concedes that the pressure at Chelsea got too much for him and forced him to seek a move away in January.

‘If only I’d been able to mature before 20-22 years old, but I’d never faced such a limiting situation,’ he said.

‘I told my wife that we were going to go as far away as possible in January because I couldn’t deal with this pressure.

‘Atletico came up, I had six or seven big offers and Chelsea wanted me to stay, but I decided to do what I’d been looking to do for various summers.’