Alvaro Morata, captain of the Spanish national team, and vocally loved by many teammates, has not always had the same relationship with the fans. moves often, AC Milan it is his fifth club, but he has zigzagged in the elite of European football in the last decade.
Now leading the line for the Rossoneri, Morata has spoken of feeling much more comfortable in Italy, having suffered mental health problems playing in Spain. Criticism towards him has often been harsh, while playing for the two major teams in Madrid has not endeared him to Real Madrid.
At one stage, he was the darling of the Madridistas. A rare homegrown product, Morata came through the academy, the first real prospect up front since the departure of Raul Gonzalez, and Relief they revealed that in his early days, he was closer to the fans than most Real Madrid players. Morata even made a habit of going to bars with the ultras of the club after the games at the Santiago Bernabeu.
This relationship was long forgotten in the northern reaches of Madrid, where he was not shy about attacking the fans of his former club when he scored against them for Atlético. When he returns to his hometown on Tuesday night, he is unlikely to receive a warm welcome from the Bernabeu.