Chelsea never came close to letting Conor Gallagher leave the club in this summer’s transfer window, despite much speculation about his future.
Gallagher enjoyed an eye-catching loan spell at Crystal Palace last season, earning himself a call-up to the England squad in the process, but he wasn’t entirely sure whether he would return to Stamford Bridge as part of the club’s first. team plans for this term.
Still, it looks like Gallagher is now gaining confidence and proving his worth in this Chelsea team, with the 22-year-old scoring an impressive goal to win this weekend’s match away from Palace.
Graham Potter will surely have been impressed by Gallagher’s impact, and Blues fans are hoping he can become their academy’s latest success story, following Mason Mount and Reece James who have also progressed to the senior team in recent years.
Writing about Gallagher’s summer situation in his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, Fabrizio Romano insists that although Palace and Newcastle were interested in the England international this summer, a departure was never close as Chelsea were keen to keep him, while he also wanted to stay in the west. London.
“What a goal by Conor Gallagher against his former club Crystal Palace this weekend! So what is the truth about his situation over the summer, when he was linked with several possible moves away from Chelsea? Roman wrote.
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“Honestly, it was never close because Chelsea, and also Thomas Tuchel, decided to keep Gallagher at the club this summer. They had many approaches from Palace, Newcastle but never anything close or early as Gallagher was also happy to stay and fight for his place at Chelsea.
“It seems like it was the right move – Gallagher showed his tremendous potential on loan at Palace last season and now he’s starting to deliver at Chelsea too.”
