Did Alvaro Morata Just Confirm He's Joining Chelsea On Instagram?

It honestly feels like Alvaro Morata has been linked with every club under the sun in recent weeks.

Manchester United, Arsenal and the Chinese Super League have all been mentioned, but it looks like another club is ready to pounce.

Antonio Conte's Chelsea has been strongly linked with a move for Morata of late. The Spaniard has been a long term target of Chelsea's, and revealed in a recent interview that he held talks with both Antonio Conte and Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino last Summer over a potential move to the Premier League.

Alice Campbell, who is engaged to Alvaro Morata, has also reportedly bought a house in the capital, which again indicates a move to the Premier League side.

Now, Morata has dropped the biggest hint yet that he will finally join Conte at Chelsea.

The Real Madrid forward has followed a number of Chelsea players on Instagram, including Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Willian, Thibaut Courtois and Cesc Fabregas, among others.

Here's the evidence:

Morata's time at Real Madrid has certainly raised eyebrows.

Los Blancos activated a reported 30 million buy-back clause for the striker following an impressive stint at Juventus, but the Spaniard has struggled to gain regular first team action under Zinedine Zidane.

Back in February this year, Morata even admitted that he missed playing at Juventus, insisting that he was willing to stay in Turin for "many years" before Madrid swooped.

"I am not Italian, but I gave everything for the Bianconero shirt and I was willing to stay there many years," Morata told Corriere dello Sport.

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"Juventus knew that. The only problem was that Madrid had been my dream since when I was little. Without the buy-back option, you would have had to drive me to get me away from Turin!

"I miss the Italian group from the dressing room - [Leonardo] Bonucci, [Andrea] Barzagli, [Giorgio] Chiellini, [Claudio] Marchisio, [Gianluigi] Buffon, they were key in my adaptation to Juventus and Turin.

"If I had come into a bad dressing room at Juventus, I wouldn't have done so well."

Do you think Morata is the right fit at Chelsea? He would certainly track back and do his defensive duty, but is he better than Costa?

Let us know your thoughts.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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