Manchester United need at least one more forward and Jose Mourinho has made a No. 9 his priority.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney, the two principal strikers at the start of last season are unlikely to be at the club in August. Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford, United's best player in the last couple of months of the season, is still just 19 and Antony Martial, who many think will end up as a centre-forward just as Cristiano Ronaldo did, has been too inconsistent.
Mourinho likes 24-year-old Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata. United's manager worked with the player during his time in charge at the Bernabeu, giving him his debut in a 2010 game at Real Zaragoza four months after the Portuguese manager had arrived at the club.
Morata had just turned 18 at the time and his primary role at the time was as the main striker for Madrid's B team, who he helped get promoted to Spain's second tier in 2011-12 for the first time in five years.
The 6-foot-2-inch Madrileno was prolific in the third and second divisions but, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale blocking his way, it was clear that he would have to leave to get regular first-team football.
It is great for seeing morata platin premier league, ant it is time for fat guy to leave:)
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