Alvaro Morata can't stop scoring important Champions League goals, and Florentino Perez can't stop obsessing over his return.
Real Madrid -- who sold Morata to Juventus in 2014 -- have the option of re-signing him under the terms of that deal. Perez hinted that will be the case in 2016.
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"We could bring him [back]," he said, per Marca. "It is developing, and at the end of the season we could pay €10 million more than we sold him for [around €22m]."
Madrid want to buy Morata back this summer. Juventus are ready to offer Morata a €3.5m contract for 5 years [GdS] pic.twitter.com/sIlDuDQrRv
— Marco Messina (@Marcocalcio22) September 17, 2015
Some will argue the logistics of selling a striker at a bargain, only to turn around and buy him back for a heftier price tag. What's the purpose of operating in the red, when holding onto the player was a viable option in the first place?
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Except, that wasn't the case for Morata.
The ability to transfer to Juventus and receive significant playing time -- in Champions League of all places -- was instrumental to his development. The same opportunities were not going to be afforded to him in Madrid. Karim Benzema was above and beyond the pecking order at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Morata had zero chance of overtaking him.
Fourteen goals across domestic and European competition later, that will no longer be the case. Morata's return will signify the end of Benzema's cushy existence in the Spanish capital. He will be forced to battle for minutes for the first time since Gonzalo Higuain's departure in 2013.
He can live up to the challenge, or be forced out like many were before him.
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Morata's goal Vs City last night was incredible!! What a goal!! pic.twitter.com/bvyY8LrRx7
— MrFootyBanter (@MrFootyBanter) September 16, 2015
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