Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 2:31 PM• Chris Meijer • Last update: 14:35

Álvaro Morata will not leave Juventus in January, Massimiliano Allegri emphasized on Thursday during the press conference in the run-up to the home game against Napoli. The 29-year-old striker has been explicitly linked in recent days to a transfer to Barcelona, ​​which, according to reports from Spain, would have even agreed with Juventus and Atlético Madrid. However, Allegri emphasizes that Morata is an important player and “one hundred percent certain” will not leave.

“Morata will stay here. He’s not going to leave in January. I had a face-to-face conversation with him and I told him that he will definitely not leave,” Allegri said. “He’s a good player and the problem is he’s getting the wrong label. Morata is very important and that is why he will leave. With that, the case is closed.”

Allegri’s statements follow the news Fabrizio Romano reported two days ago. According to the transfer market expert, the club management and Allegri had met with Morata, saying that Juventus wanted to keep him as long as no new striker could be brought in. Juventus’ plan at the moment is to bring in a young striker in June. Morata could only have left if Juventus had now been able to sign another striker on loan, but that option is apparently off the table.

It means a move from Morata to Barcelona is off the table, despite that ASH A few days ago it was reported that the transfer was already 95 percent complete. The Spanish sports newspaper wrote that Morata was awaiting his trip to Spain, as Barcelona had reached an agreement with both Juventus and Atlético Madrid. Romano wrote that Xavi calls ‘constantly’ with Morata, as he did with Ferran Torres, who had previously taken over from Manchester City. However, the Barcelona coach must put Morata out of his mind in the search for a new striker.

Where Allegri puts an end to Morata’s departure on Thursday, a transfer from Aaron Ramsey is, according to the Juventus trainer, on the agenda. “He is about to leave Juventus, we are working on that. Furthermore, there are no transfers in the offing, that’s 99 percent certain,” Allegri said. The question is where Ramsey is going. The midfielder would have rejected an offer from Burnley.