Aspas spoke with Morata after World Cup snub

BARCELONA: Iago Aspas says he spoke with Alvaro Morata after being picked by Spain coach Julen Lopetegui to go to the World Cup ahead of the Chelsea striker.

Celta Vigo forward Aspas, 30, scored 22 goals in La Liga this season, while Morata netted 11 in the English Premier League.Former Real Madrid striker Morata joined Chelsea last summer aiming to become a key player at Stamford Bridge and cement his place in the Spain side, but poor form and injury problems saw him fall behind Olivier Giroud in the second half of the campaign.

“I spoke to (Morata), but it’s a decision that the coach had to make. Alvaro is out and so are a lot of other very good team-mates,” Aspas told reporters.“(Mario) Gotze scored the goal which won the last final (for Germany in 2014 against Argentina) and he is not going to the World Cup.“You have a bad season and another team-mate will have the opportunity to be here (instead).”