Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata admits he had an offer from Manchester United over the summer.

Morata's £70m transfer from Real Madrid makes him the most expensive player in Chelsea's history and the most expensive Spanish footballer in the world.

He told the Daily Mail: "Yes. I had various offers this summer, not only Chelsea and Manchester United but also from different leagues. It was a good situation for me. The most important and best conversation I had was with Conte, he wanted me to come here. At the start of the summer, I didn't know that Chelsea were interested in me. I thought they were in for a different player ....

"Maybe (Romelu) Lukaku or maybe someone else, I don't know. I didn't think the option of Chelsea was open.

"But I spoke with Conte several times - and not only this summer. I felt in debt to him. He signed me for Juventus but left very quickly to manage Italy. I always wanted to play for him after that. It was only two months with him but it felt like I'd known him forever. When I knew he wanted me this summer, I didn't think twice. I did everything I could to make the move happen.

"Last summer it was close. Cesar Azpilicueta was a bit annoyed because he had already started house-hunting for me last summer. We'd even got estate agents on board. This time Cesar has sorted everything!"