Morata: Hopefully James and I will be team-mates next year

Alvaro Morata says he hopes to be team-mates
with James Rodriguez next season as speculation
continues to link the duo with a move away from
Real Madrid.
Morata has been heavily linked with a possible
transfer to Manchester United, with reports in
England suggesting Jose Mourinho's side will
make an offer of £60million after seeing an initial
bid rejected.
James has also been tipped for a move to Old
Trafford but Inter and Arsenal have emerged as
candidates for his signature.
The pair faced each other in Wednesday's friendly
clash between Spain and Colombia, with Morata
heading in a late equaliser in Murcia to secure a
2-2 draw.
Speaking afterwards, Morata says he hopes to play
alongside James once more in 2017-18 and
suggested that he would like them both to stay
with the European champions.
"Who knows, maybe we'll be team-mates next
year," he told Tele 5. "Hopefully no [James will not
leave], because I like him a lot. He's a great
player."
Morata has scored eight goals for Spain since the
start of 2016, a tally that only David Silva – who
opened the scoring at Estadio Nueva Condomina –
can match, and the 24-year-old says he is always
delighted to represent the national team.
"You always want to play for Spain," he said.
"Unless I have a serious injury, I always want to
come. We had it in the final few minutes, it got
away from us but it's a good sign because it could
easily be a match in the quarters or semis of a
World Cup and we responded.
"We're two national teams with great pride." Follow breaking news, entertainment news, politics, sports, comedy,tech, browsing cheat, join this Whatsapp group