Chelsea had been by no means near letting Conor Gallagher depart the membership on this summer season’s switch window, regardless of loads of hypothesis over his future.
Gallagher loved an attention-grabbing mortgage spell at Crystal Palace final season, incomes himself a call-up to the England squad within the course of, but it surely wasn’t completely sure if he’d return to Stamford Bridge as a part of the membership’s first-team plans for this time period.
Nonetheless, it appears Gallagher is now rising in confidence and proving himself on this Chelsea workforce, with the 22-year-old scoring a surprising strike to win this weekend’s sport away to Palace.
Graham Potter will certainly have been impressed by Gallagher’s affect, and Blues followers can be hoping he can turn out to be the newest success story of their academy, following Mason Mount and Reece James additionally progressing into the senior facet lately.
Writing about Gallagher’s summer season scenario in his unique column for CaughtOffside, Fabrizio Romano insists that though Palace and Newcastle had been within the England worldwide this summer season, a departure was by no means shut as Chelsea had been keen to maintain him, whereas he additionally wished to remain in west London.
“What a purpose from Conor Gallagher towards his outdated membership Crystal Palace this weekend! So, what’s the reality about his scenario over the summer season, when he was linked with a number of potential strikes away from Chelsea?” Romano wrote.
“In all honesty, it was by no means shut as a result of Chelsea, and likewise Thomas Tuchel, determined to maintain Gallagher on the membership this summer season. They’d many approaches from Palace, Newcastle however by no means something shut or superior as Gallagher was additionally glad to remain and combat for his place at Chelsea.
“It appears prefer it was the appropriate transfer – Gallagher confirmed his great potential on mortgage at Palace final season and now he’s beginning to ship for Chelsea as nicely.”
