Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has named the three reasons why he joined the west London club and not Manchester United during the summer transfer window.
The Spanish striker joined the Blues for a club record fee of 58million pounds.
But he was also heavily linked with a move to United during the early stages of the window.
And now, ahead of Chelsea’s clash with Roma in the Champions League, Morata has listed the three reasons why he chose to move to the Stamford Bridge side.
“I came here because there was a coach like Antonio Conte,” Morata told Gazetta dello Sport . “We started talking about my eventual transfer last spring and I finally came to London.
“I’m in debt with Conte. He had taken me for Juve and then left for Italy. When I knew he wanted me, I didn’t think twice.
“There were a number of favourable situations,” he added. “The first was the coach: I knew Conte and I had no trouble finding myself in his football ideas.
“The second is the environment: I was very well received by my companions. The presence of a Spanish enclave, with Azplicueta, Alonso, Fabregas and Pedro, made things simpler.
“The third is my wife Alice Campello: she followed me to London.
When Cristiano Ronaldo so famously burst onto the scene atManchester Unitedin 2003, he immediately became renowned for his skill and quick feet.
A step over here and a heel chop there, the Portuguese was a bag of tricks and defending against him proved nigh-on impossible.
Even before his days at United it was clear what kind of player Ronaldo was destined to become.
In the summer of 2003, Sir Alex Ferguson's side travelled to face Sporting Lisbon in a pre-season friendly and it was during that game Ronaldo announced himself.
The teenager destroyed United from start to finish. He was so good that the likes of Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville were desperate for Fergie to sign him, only to find out a deal was already done.
"It was the first time I'd seen Cristiano Ronaldo play," said Neville last year. "He was up against John O'Shea, who was obviously a good defender; he was strong, he was quick and he knew where to position himself.
"I specifically remember Cristiano making a certain move where he cut inside and ran between O'Shea and our centre-half. He made this double movement and I remember thinking 'oh my God'.
"I remember watching Cristiano make that run between the full-back and centre-back and thinking 'wow, you don't normally see that from experienced players, never mind a young kid'.
"What a player, I thought. After the match I remember sending a text to my brother (Phil), saying 'we need to sign him' and apparently there was a lot of talk about him on the coach after the game."
And the rest is history. Ronaldo stayed at United for six years, winning the Champions League and Ballon d'Or, before moving to Real Madrid in 2009, where he remains.
Now into his 30s, the Portugal international is currently one of the world's best players but has had to adapt his game over the past few years.
One aspect of Ronaldo that's changed are his skills; he doesn't perform trickery nearly as much as he used to.
Well, according to the man himself, that was a decision he made years ago because he realised goals and assists were more important than skills. Basically, he matured.
"In a game the most important thing is to win, and goals helps to win," said Ronaldo in the below interview with freestyler Touzani.
"You can mix - first goals, and after tricks and assists after. What the people want is goals, so I try to score goals.
"I still do it (skills), not the same as at Manchester, but I still do it. Now I prefer goals, am focused more on goals. Skills comes third."
Ronaldo's decision to focus more on goals and less on trickery was a smart one, hence why he's about to win his fifth Ballon d'Or. Clearly, there are more important things in football than skills.
Manchester United striker Romleu Lukaku has been named PFA player of the month – winning more votes than the rest of the Premier League stars combined.
The Belgium international has enjoyed a stunning start of the season with Manchester United, and that has helped him claim 53.7% of the votes in the fan poll.
The closest rival was Harry Kane with 15.8%.
Lukaku has helped United climb to the top of the Premier League table after completing his 75million move from Everton during the summer.
So far he has scored 11 goals in 10 matches in all competitions.
Chelsea’s Alvaro Morata earned 15.7% of the votes, while Sergio Aguero only 5.1%.
