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Spain captain Alvaro Morata has demanded a return to his former club – despite his stay in Turkey saving his marriage.
Morata, 32, split with his Italian influencer wife Alice Campello, 30, after his country’s European Championship win last summer, but they rekindled their relationship in January this year.
The glamorous couple met in 2016 and have four young children — Alessandro, Leonardo (twins), Edoardo, and Bella — but announced last August that they were going their separate ways seven years after tying the knot.
Referencing the break-up, the model said: ‘It was the biggest mistake we’ve ever made in our lives.’
In a separate interview with Hola magazine, Campello admitted that the couple’s move to Turkey has strengthened their marriage, with Morata joining Galatasaray on loan from AC Milan at the start of February.
Now, however, as quoted by Spanish publication Diario AS, Morata is trying to force through a move to Spain, in the form of his ex-side Getafe.
Reports of a potential move back to Spain for Morata are thought to have surfaced from Turkey. He then appeared to confirm that that could happen sooner rather than later, saying this week: ‘I’m going to do everything I can to play for Getafe… I would like to return to Spain. I’ll choose what makes my family happiest.’
What makes his family happiest, though, may be staying in Turkey. Campello said: ‘I think it’s been very good for us to be in a place where we’re alone again.
‘We’re relaxed there, with our family. People don’t stop us so much on the street, and we can live a much more normal life, and at this stage of our lives, it’s been good for us.’
She also said of her relationship: ‘We repeat it every day — I don’t know how we could have made that decision. This experience has taught us both a lot because we understood what it’s like to be without each other.’
Morata also opened up on his battle against depression, admitting he almost did not make it to Germany to captain Spain to Euro 2024 glory.
The forward, who received heavy criticism from both fans and journalists in the build-up to the tournament, said: ‘When you have really tough times, depression, panic attacks, it doesn’t matter what job you do, what situation you have in life, you have another person inside that you have to fight against every day and every night.’
Getafe president Angel Torres, meanwhile, said: ‘It’s very nice. Since he left, he’s said many times that he wanted to come back.
‘I’m in contact with his entire family. Bringing the captain of the Spanish national team would be a huge success. When he finishes at Galatasaray, if he still wants to, he’ll come.’
