VR46 have admitted t✤heir desire to sign Franco Morbidelli next sea🐻son.

Th𝔉e Pramac team꧋’s decision to quit Ducati and become a Yamaha satellite team next year means they will name a new-look rider duo.

Jorge Martin was always inevitably set to exit, and will sign for Apr𒉰ilia, while Morbidelli is unlikely to be considered for a move back to Yamaha, the factory that got rid of him a year ago.

ღThe vacant bike within Valentino Rossi’s VR46 MotoGP team looks🌳 an obvious landing spot for Morbidelli.

Team manager Uccio Salucci told : “I would love to🗹! I love him so much, so I would love to work with him and I have been saying this for a long time.

“Maybe next year could be the one where it becomes a reꦬality.

“Yes, we would give a chance to another guy from the Academy, but it 🌞is still a long way off because there are s🦩o many things to fit together. I would love to, but let's wait a few more weeks.”

Morbidelli ꧟is a VR46 Academy graduate and, next year, Rossi’s team do not have any rider signed up who represents his academy.

Marco Bezzecchi will leave for Aprilia, folꦍlowing Luca Marini out the exit door who joined Repsol Honda a year ear🍎lier.

Fabio di🔴 Giannantonio, however, is expected to stay and could benefit from the use of a factory-spec Duca🐎ti.

The VR46 team currently run year-old bik🅠es but, due to Pramac’s exit, they wilඣl profit from using one GP25.

Ducati only plan to dish out one GP25 ღoutside of their factory team, meaning 𝓀Di Giannantonio’s unconfirmed teammate must ride a year-old machine.

Morbidelli is riding the GP24 this season with Pramac so, ifꦜ he makes the move across to VR46, would be on an idꦐentical bike next year.

The start of Morbidelli’s𒁃 first season on a Ducati was interrupted by an injury sustained iꦆn a pre-season test.

It took him time to get up to ꧟speed bཧut a P5 at the most recent round, in Germany, was a reminder of his qualities.