Jose Mourinho confirms Manchester United bid for Alvaro Morata

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Manchester United tried to buy Alvaro Morata

The Real Madrid forward was heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford earlier this summer.

It looked like he was about to come to the Premier League, only for the Red Devils to swoop for Romelu Lukaku at the last minute.

United’s boss confirmed his interest and admitted a series of offers were made.

However, he couldn’t come to an agreement with Real Madrid and the Spain international will be staying put for now.Mourinho said: “I don’t like to speak about players who aren’t ours, because Morata is not our player.

“I am nobody to speak about players from Real Madrid.

“Yes, we have had interest, that is obvious and it’s public.

“We have not come to an economic agreement, that is obvious as well.

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Jose Mourinho has been speaking about Alvaro Morata

“But it’s a Real Madrid’s right to ask for their players the amount of money that they want.

“We do not determine what the price is of a player of Real Madrid, Real Madrid do that.