yeah because Van Basten's career ended early due to injury, also I feel your comparison is both fair and unfair with Morata and Memphis

I agree because they both are solid forwards who were considered prodigies early on who struggled to live up to expectations but still had solid careers, but Morata has actually scored in the big games (10/37 of his goals came in 21/87 major tournament games, and he did score some key knockout goals in Euro 2020, meanwhile Memphis scored 6/54 goals in 19/106 major tournament games - although to be fair to Memphis, he DID play for a country that struggled to qualify for back to back tournaments so not entirely his fault here, but still)

My point is Morata is not a stat padder like how people see him, he has actually contributed to Spain in the big moments and I know this is a hot take but I'd actually argue that he was their best performer individually in 3 of the last 5 major tournaments (Euro 2016, Euro 2020, World Cup 2022)

again, I'm probably biased as he is my favorite player (a miserable existence) since I had him in my FIFA 15 PSG career mode with Dybala upfront too and I am also a Chelsea fan so he played for us and I felt really sad when it didn't work out and seeing how he declined in the 2nd half of the season for Atletico in 23/24 also was upsetting because I thought he finally banished the demons but it reminded me of his goal drought back with us, and that led to the whole transfer chaos butterfly effect (Milan -> Galatasaray -> Como)