Alvaro Morata talked about his fight with “depression” over the past few years and said, “There came a time when I couldn’t lace up my boots.”

After winning Euro 2024 with Spain, the scorer who used to play for Chelsea and Real Madrid recently took his skills to Italy when he joined AC Milan in the summer. 

Morata was captain of the team throughout the event, and they won the trophy with an exciting 2-1 win over England in the final. 

But the star player for Spain has now said that he had doubts about his ability to play again just a few months before the football event. 

Morata told El Partidazo, “When you’re going through really hard times, like depression or panic attacks, you have to fight against another person inside you every day and every night, no matter what job you have or what’s going on in your life.” I felt like leaving Spain was the best thing to do; I couldn’t stand it.

It was the summer before he moved to AC Milan. He had just led Spain to victory in the European Championship final, beating England.

Morata’s £10.9 million move from Atletico Madrid was official, and the forward made the move to Italy. He has had a good start at the San Siro, scoring two goals in six games across all tournaments.

He said more about his time in Spain: “I had a terrible time.” I didn’t think I’d be able to put on my boots and play again. 

“However, I want to thank many people, including Simeone, Koke, Miguel Ángel Gil last year, my psychiatrist, and my coach. We are what you see on TV and social media, but most of the time it’s not real.” 

“It’s your job to give an image,” she said. I was having a terrible time. I blew up, and there were times when I couldn’t tie my boots. When that happened, I would run home because my throat would close up and my eyes would become blurry.

“Three months before the Euros, I wasn’t sure if I could play in another game.” I had no idea what was going on with me; it’s very difficult and delicate. That’s when you realize that the thing you love the most is also the thing you hate the most.

Every time I went out with them, we always talked about something that had happened in a previous game, sometimes for no reason. 

In the end, they also didn’t want to do things that an average dad would do with his kids, like go shopping. 

“At one point, they said so many mean things to me in front of them that I felt bad being with them.” I was a simple joke that would make the person next to you laugh.