- Spanish midfielder Isco has urged Premier League leaders, Manchester City, to bolster their attacking options by signing his 'good friend' Alvaro Morata
- The duo were teammates at Real Madrid
- Guardiola is in the market for a new striker after losing out to Manchester United in the battle for former Arsenal attacker Alexis Sanchez in January
Spanish midfielder Isco has urged Premier League leaders, Manchester City, to bolster their attacking options by signing his 'good friend' Alvaro Morata.
Isco is in talks with City about a summer move with his agent having met with the Premier League leaders in Madrid two weeks ago.
Spanish media, Diario Gol, reports that the 25-year-old spoke directly with City manager Pep Guardiola and isco's close friend, Morata, was raised during conversation.
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Guardiola is in the market for a new striker after losing out to Manchester United in the battle for former Arsenal attacker Alexis Sanchez in January. And the City manager was told by Isco that Morata is unsettled at Chelsea. The pair remain close after Morata's departure from Real last summer and talk regularly.
Along with Isco, there are also some inside City who believe Morata would be a more value-for-money deal than Harry Kane, who is rated at €200m by Tottenham.
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NAIJ.com previously reported that Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has blamed his side’s slim defeat to Espanyol in their Spanish League encounter at the RCDE Stadium on Tuesday evening on star midfielder Isco.
Gerard Moreno scored the only goal that separated the two sides in the 93rd minute to hand Los Blancos their 5th defeat of the ongoing season.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng