Barcelona deny talks with Atletico over Morata

Atletico Madrid CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin and Barcelona director of football Mateu Alemany, had "dinner with a friend" in a Madrid restaurant. The Barca board memember denied that Alvaro Morata's name was mentioned in the dinner as several media outlets suggested.

The transfer window will soon be open and clubs are preparing for the summer. Barca are looking for a striker and they have several names in mind. Morata is reportedly one of them.

Images of Barca director of football Mateu Alemany in a dinner with Atletico CEO MIguel Angel Gil Marin, set alarm bells ringing. Media outlets like 'Cadena COPE' said that Morata's name was mentioned a lot in that meeting.

When he left the restaurant, Alemany spoke to journalists from 'El Chiringuito' and 'Cadena COPE' among others. He denied that Morata or Griezmann were spoken about and called the dinner as "a dinner with a friend."