Morata had assured at the time that he would not be leaving the Spanish capital after winning Euro 2024 and becoming a national hero, but a sudden move to San Siro was agreed<\/a> last summer. During the tournament though Morata did admit that if \u2018Atleti want to sign eight forwards, I imagine I\u2019m not a priority\u2019, hinting at his discontent.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you go through difficult times you don\u2019t see things clearly, no matter how many people around you tell you that you\u2019re making a mistake,\u201d he told Cadena SER<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the summer, I should have thought things through more. It\u2019s pointless to say it now, but I should have thought more about whether or not to leave Atletico. When you\u2019re not feeling well at certain levels in your life, you make the wrong decisions. This topic bothered me during the Euros. The AC Milan manager \u2013 Paulo Fonseca at the time \u2013 called me every day, and at that moment, I needed to feel loved. Looking back now, Cholo also valued and loved me, and I should have known that he did.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The 32-year-old says there were people in his life that also advised him not to make the switch to Galatasaray as well.<\/p>\n \u201cMy father was the first. Juanma Lopez also told me that, it seems like they\u2019re agents and just want to do business, but\u2026 At that moment, I didn\u2019t realise that the manager here also valued me and loved me.\u201d<\/p>\n Morata explained that he decided to make the switch to Istanbul after Fonseca left, and left \u2018when he sensed he was becoming a problem\u2019. He also says he maintains the dream of retiring at Getafe, his first club in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen in the world of football, nor do I have a plan for where I\u2019ll retire. What I\u2019ve always said, and what I\u2019ll maintain as long as I can if they don\u2019t blow it up in my face, is the Getafe thing. Even though people laugh and say things, I\u2019m excited about it. They helped me a lot when I was a kid. I had a great time there and I\u2019m very fond of them. That\u2019s what would make me excited, but maybe they don\u2019t want me.\u201d<\/p>\n As it was, Morata decided to move on, and Atletico took the decision that it was time revamp their attacking options, signing Alexander Sorloth and Julian Alvarez for a deals that will come to at least \u20ac110m. The veteran forward also noted that he had not spoken to Diego Simeone about it since, but that during their time together, he was surprised by his personable and sensitive side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Alvaro Morata admits he regrets leaving Atletico Madrid – ‘I should have known…’<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spain captain Alvaro Morata has admitted to having regrets over his departure from Atletico Madrid last summer, after a sudden exit to AC Milan. Just six months later he would be back on the move to Galatasaray in Turkiye. Morata had assured at the time that he would not be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\u00c1lvaro Morata: \u201cTo Atl\u00e9tico fans, I want to say thank you for the time I spent there. I always tried to give my all for the Atleti shirt. I wish I could have helped more and won titles. I always try to defend Atleti even if I get criticized from all sides, but I am an Atleti\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/nIOzNigqI7<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Morata](\"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Morata-Pedri.jpeg\")