According to reports, Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher can leave for their fellow London rivals Tottenham. Chelsea had a really disappointing season for them under Mauricio Pochettino. This season was full of experiments for Pochettino and Chelsea. After Chelsea’s owner Todd Bohly ended up signing many players in the transfer window the things become a bit messy for Chelsea. It was a big challenge for Mauricio Pochettino to put all these players in the starting lineup perfectly. Chelsea played another season without a proper striker to score them goals. However this was not the main problem for Chelsea this season unlike last season. Pochettino who is known for his attacking gameplay improved Chelsea’s attacked significantly this season. This season Chelsea ended up scoring 77 goals which is more than their previous tally of 38 goals in 2022-23 season. This was a big improvement for Chelsea.
After having a great offensive spell, Chelsea also had their one of the worst spells defensively for the club. Chelsea conceded 63 league goals which is the highest in their history. Chelsea and Pochettino need to take care of the defensive side of their game. Most of these goals came in the later half of the game most of which were due to fatigue or bad decision making. Chelsea who boast of one of the youngest squads in the League cannot blame all these errors to the manager. Chelsea’s inability to defend has cost them alot of matches this season. Chelsea also ended up getting alot of yellow cards this season which highlight their discipline issues. We can also say Chelsea were one of the luckiest sides this season after winning plenty of penalties. It was thanks to Cole Palmer who ended up converting most of chances.
Tottenham interested in Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher
Cole Palmer was surely the best player of Chelsea this season. Even though Chelsea end up signing many players in the transfer window they were also affected by injuries. This season was full of injury crisis for many clubs like Manchester City, Liverpool, Newcastle United. Majority of injuries can be blamed on the harsh schedule the clubs and players are following. Moreover in the London derby against Tottenham Chelsea had 14 first team players unavailable. This was a big factor which affected the club as Pochettino was unable to field a consistent playing eleven for majority of season. The become a big problem as players were unable to adapt to Pochettino’s tactics. The tactics were also changing with every match which did not allow players to build chemistry among each other. Chelsea may have found their attacking flair and with new manager for the next season big things can come.
Transfer window will also be a big challenge for Chelsea after Conor Gallagher may leave for Tottenham this summer. Gallagher’s situation at the club is very uncertain currently. He is not offered any new contract but there is no talks or deal with any other club as well. After being a constant starter for Chelsea and also making some appearances for England in the Euros his destination is still not final. Chelsea wanted to sell Gallagher at between £40m and £50m. This price tag is not very huge for a player like Gallagher, however there are still no talks with any other parties till now. Currently there are reports of the England midfielder to sign for Tottenham who are confident for signing him in a price range of £30m. There is no final deal as of now and we can hope everything will be finalized before next season.
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