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Man United and Chelsea boost: Real Madrid delay meeting with Juventus over Alvaro Morata
REAL MADRID have reportedly postponed a meeting with Juventus over the transfer of Alvaro Morata.
Tuttosport claim Man Utd and Chelsea target Alvaro Morata may remain at Juventus
Real president Florentino Perez was scheduled to meet Juventus directors Giuseppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici yesterday.
They were due to discuss Morata's £23million sale back to the Bernabeu club, who he left for Juve in 2013.
But Italian newspaper Tuttosport claim Real pulled out of the meeting and are yet to set a new date to discuss the deal.
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Tuttosport claim Real pulled the plug on a meeting with Juve officials over Morata
If Real let that deadline pass then Juve will be free to sell Morata to any side without the prior permission of the Madrid club.
Arsenal were originally keen on Morata before moving fro Jamie Vardy, who is yet to decide on a proposed £20m switch to the Emirates.
United manager Jose Mourinho is understood to be keen on landing the 23-year-old as he seeks to bolster his attacking line ahead of next season.
United's fixtures were released this morning and Mourinho will face Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola in the Manchester derby on September 10, a week after the transfer window closes.
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Incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is also thought to be keen on Morata.
Conte signed Morata from Real when he was manager of Juve three years ago.
The Blues are reportedly working on a replacement striker for Diego Costa in the event the Spain international forces a move back to Atletico Madrid, with Morata and Everton's Romelu Lukaku supposedly on that list.
As for Juve, Tuttosport claim they are hoping to keep Morata for next season as manager Massimiliano Allegri restructures his side ahead of the new Serie A campaign.
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