Alvaro Morata reveals why he left Chelsea, fingers Sarri as part of his predicament at Stamford Bridge

Alvaro Morata has shed light on his ‘dry’ spell at Chelsea and called out Maurizio Sarri for misleading him as he left the Stamford Bridge.

The 26-year-old has since joined Atletico Madrid, where he has recovered some of his form, and he questioned the latter’s approach to man-management.

“I had lost confidence in myself previously,” he told Goal.com.

“I was very upset by the opinion of the people in England. I think they caught me in the middle of everything.

“I didn’t quite feel loved or appreciated by the club or the fans. I started very well at Chelsea, but an injury in the end leaves you ‘dry’.

“As bad as it was, I still scored 15 goals and won the FA Cup… but I was out of the World Cup, and for me that was the hardest thing that could happen to me in my life.

“I’ve dreamed of being able to play in a World Cup since I was 10 years old, and I chose Chelsea because I thought it would be the best club to later be able to play in the World Cup.

“Now, signing for Atletico has been the best thing that could happen to me in my life.

“I had a very bad time in London. In the end I was training alone. I talked to Maurizio Sarri and he told me some things that I knew were not going to be as he had said. I was very nervous. My wife was in shock with me.

“I already knew that I could sign for Atletico if everything went well, and they had four games previously. I saw them all at home with my wife and she was amazed!

“She does not like football very much, and she did not understand how I could get like this, so crazy, watching Atletico games, screeching at home, nervous, when I was not an Atletico player yet.

“It’s a story I’d like to tell very slowly in the future. I went from being tied on the same amount of goals as [Mohamed] Salah and [Harry] Kane at the start of the first year, and people made a song about me, I could not even go out in London!

“And one day I get up with a puncture in the back, my level goes down, and they start telling me everything [referring to criticism about him] in England.

“You are supposed to be respected by fans, but you know…”

Real Madrid set to sign Eden Hazard after agreeing £130m deal with Chelsea

Real Madrid are on the verge of completing Eden Hazard move to the Santiago Bernabeu after the Spasnish giants agreed £130m fee with Chelsea.

In a stunning piece of business for a player out of contract in a years’ time, the Blues could rake in as much as £130m should the 28-year-old Belgian achieve a number of “easily reachable” bonuses.

Hazard will, according to the Mirror, sign a six-year deal at the Bernabeu after spending seven years in London at Stamford Bridge. He is expected to get the no.7 shirt rather than the no.10 shirt currently occupied by Luka Modric.

The former Lille star will be the third signing of Zinedine Zidane’s revamp at Madrid this summer following the captures of Porto defender Eder Militao and Eintracht Frankfurt striker Luka Jovic.

Real Madrid chief executive Jose Angel Sanchez was in London at the start of the week to try and get the deal done, although returned with the move still up in the air, report the Sun.

On Thursday morning, the two clubs agreed the framework of the payment for the 28-year-old.

Real boss Zinedine Zidane had made the Belgian his top target this summer, with the Frenchman apparently in regular contact with the winger for several months.