London, July 22 (IANS): Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte said that Spain striker Alvaro Morata will be the first choice to lead their attack after he joined the capital football club from European football champions Real Madrid on a five-year deal.
"Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce Alvaro Morata has completed his move from Real Madrid on a five-year-deal," the club confirmed on Friday.
The English champions have reportedly signed the 24-year-old striker for 60 million pounds ($78 million).
Morata scored 20 goals last season after rejoining Real from Italian champions Juventus. He has also won the Champions League, La Liga and Champions League twice each with the club.
Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte clarified that Morata will be the first choice striker for the club ahead of fiesty Diego Costa, who will exit the club, possibly on a loan deal.
"It is very important, the choice. Morata, for sure, is our first choice, he is a good player, the right prospect for Chelsea and hopes to show his value with us," Conte said.
Commenting on joining the EPL reigning champions Morata said in a statement: "I am so happy to be here. It's an incredible emotion to be part of this big club. I am looking to work hard, score as many goals as I can and to win as many trophies as possible."
The club's technical director Michael Emenalo also shared his view on signing the striker and said: "We are delighted to complete Alvaro's signing and welcome him to the club. We believe he can make a great impact for Chelsea and look forward to seeing him in action."
"Alvaro has proven class at the highest level and his quality will be a huge asset to Antonio and the squad."
Morata also won the Serie A title and Copa Italia title twice each with his former club Juventus.
Liverpool seal Andy Robertson move from Hull City
Scotland international Andy Robertson put pen to paper on a long-term contract with Liverpool, the English Premier League (EPL) football club announced on its website.
Speaking after completing his move, the 23-year-old defender told Liverpoolfc.com: "It feels a wee bit surreal just now. Obviously I'm delighted. There's been a lot of speculation over the last couple of weeks but I'm glad that the deal's finally been done and I'm a Liverpool player".
"There's not many, if any, more special clubs than Liverpool. When you grow up as a kid you dream of playing with big clubs such as Liverpool and to make that a reality is a dream come true for me," he said, as reported by Efe.
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"I just want to prove to people that I can do it at this level, and hopefully I manage to do that this season and go on to do good things for this club."
The manager of the Red Devils, German Jurgen Klopp, welcomed the new player: "For Andrew this is another big step on what has been a quite incredible personal journey in a very short space of time".
"I love his story; where he has come from professionally to reach this point," Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com.
Robertson began his senior career with Queen's Park in 2012 before joining Dundee United a year later.
In his first season as a professional he was named Scottish Young Player of the Year and also made his international debut.
The defender joined Hull in July 2014 for a fee of 3.17 million euro ($3.7 million), before joining Liverpool for an undisclosed fee.
