Settled Morata ready to commit long-term future to Chelsea

STRIKER Alvaro Morata is happy at Chelsea and would be willing to sign a 10-year contract with the Premier League champions, the Spaniard said ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash at AS Roma.

Media reports quoted Morata telling Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday that he was unsettled at Chelsea as he found London to be “stressful”.

“In the interview I wanted to say in the future, when I finish my career, I probably won’t live in London, but right now I’m very happy there with my wife,” Morata told reporters. “It’s an incredible city with many religions and many different kinds of people, I’m really enjoying London... If Chelsea had proposed a 10-year contract I would have signed it. I’m very happy at this club... — Reuters