Chelsea’s new ownership has come under fire since they replaced Roman Abramovich in the boardroom.
It was pretty clear that the Russian billionaire did things his way and his way only, but he still produced results and constant trophy-winning seasons.
Since the likes of Todd Boehly have come into Chelsea, they are yet to win silverware and finish in the Champions League places.
It has been well-documented, but all of it has come with a lot of spending. A lot! And now that means the club needs to balance the books.
Chelsea aren’t the only Premier League side in that boat, with Aston Villa and Newcastle United also fretting at the possibility of conducting transfer deals they wouldn’t even usually entertain.
The one area everyone looks towards in these moments is the academy because of the pure profit these players would be able to generate for the club.
Conor Gallagher has long been discussed about moving on this summer, even though he started 50 out of 51 games for the now-departed Mauricio Pochettino.
Sources have told HITC that the London club are reluctant to hand Gallagher a new deal, and instead, he could be sold this summer.
Perry Groves thinks it’s a reason why Pochettino left, but thinks the player himself could do the unthinkable, as he told talkSPORT.
The former Arsenal man thinks the Euro 2024 hopeful has every right to say ‘I am not going anywhere’ because he loves the club and wants to play for Chelsea.
That was proven by what he posted on social media after the last game of the season, so this is a very interesting one to look out for in these coming weeks.
Will Conor Gallagher stay at Chelsea?
“With Conor Gallagher, it’s a definitely, maybe, isn’t it?” said Groves. “Definitely he will be there, maybe he will be there?
“We think, from the outside, when Pochettino had their end-of-season review. That was one of the stumbling blocks.
“It is because of the academy and it is pure profit. He could actually just say ‘No, I am not going anywhere. I don’t care if you want me to go. I want to stay here. I love my club’, which he does. He knows the soul of the club. Him going into that holding midfield role next to Caicedo, that’s when Chelsea looked a little better balanced.”
Who will sign Conor Gallagher?
If Gallagher does leave, then there is no doubt that Chelsea are losing an important first-team player, who could prove to be very valuable to someone else.
Tottenham have been heavily mentioned, with sources telling HTIC that Spurs are planning a double transfer raid of Chelsea.
Under Abramovich, you just could never see such a situation occurring, but things are very different now.
And it’s pretty clear, with new boss Enzo Maresca in the building, if he doesn’t get things right pretty much straight away, then you worry about how the fans will turn on the owners.
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