According to reports, Spurs are going to step up their efforts to sign Chelsea’s midfield player, who has been up for sale for the past three transfer windows.
This time, Tottenham Hotspur is rumoured to have considered a bid for England midfielder Conor Gallagher.
Despite being for sale throughout the previous three transfer windows, Gallagher has been among Chelsea’s greatest players this season, notably overshadowing the £215 million midfield duo of Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo.
With just 12 months left on his contract—he has been at Cobham since he was eight years old—Gallagher has not shown any indications that he and the club are in agreement on an extension.
In addition, any proceeds from Gallagher’s sale would be recorded on Chelsea’s books as “pure profit” under Financial Fair Play (FFP) guidelines. This might be significant as my prediction is that Chelsea would need to sell players for £100 million in order to comply with Premier League rules for the upcoming season.
Two rumoured roadblocks stand in the way of Gallagher’s Spurs transfer: first, Tottenham would have to sell Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg; second, the player is content at Chelsea.
However, Gallagher’s signing is still anticipated by Spurs, and Chelsea is supposedly willing to let him leave for the proper price.
With the Spurs, how would Conor Gallagher fit in?
To put it briefly, yeah. Gallagher is one of the best at winning the ball high up the pitch, which is a fundamental component of Ange Postecoglou’s offensive playing style.
Gallagher is in the top 30 players this season for total ball carrying distance, and he is in the top 20 for touches in the league’s final and middle thirds of the ground. With a take-on success percentage of 66.7%, he has completed the 23rd most passes in the Premier League and is almost 7% more efficient than Bissouma, Spurs’ most productive dribbler. In summary, he has been performing exceptionally well.
How would Conor Gallagher fit in with the Spurs?
In a nutshell, sure. An essential part of Ange Postecoglou‘s offensive playmaking is winning the ball high up the pitch, and Gallagher is among the finest at it.
Gallagher is among the top 20 players in the league for touches in the final and middle thirds of the ground, and he is among the top 30 players this season for total ball carrying distance. He is about 7% more efficient than Bissouma, Spurs’ most productive dribbler, and has completed the 23rd most passes in the Premier League with a take-on success percentage of 66.7%. To sum up, he has been doing incredibly well.
Though they are quite different players, Gallagher would provide James Maddison, who is back to full fitness, a rotation option in offensive midfield. When Maddison is on the ball, Gallagher is at his best.
Spurs would have one of the best midfield groups in the Premier League if Gallagher signed, even if Bentancur would likely be his most natural partner in central midfield. Gallagher is adaptable enough to operate well with both Bissouma and Sarr. Working with a more deep-lying player, such as Bentancur, would be excellent for Gallagher, who performs best in more advanced midfield areas and struggles when receiving the ball facing goal.
Tottenham could employ Gallagher in two ways, to be clear. When all are available, the attacking axis of Kulusevski-Maddison-Son-Richarlison can continue uninterrupted when the first is paired with Bentancur.
Heung-min Son may operate as a lone striker because the second, occupying the No. 10 spot, pushes Maddison to the left. Along with Bentancur and Bissouma, this could potentially play as a midfield three, with Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski on each wing.
Gallagher might not, when all players are available, immediately establish himself in the Spurs starting lineup. He might not particularly enjoy the role, but he possesses all the necessary skills to be a productive super-sub on this Postecoglou side.
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