I doubt he is for sale, he is a regular starter for Chelsea. Usual media nonsense, along with the price of £50m, which we arent going to be spending on one player. Lerma on a free was great business, £50m for Gallagher isnt.

Character. The guy's a tit. That could be why.

If Doucoure goes to the bin dippers then Gallagher is not a natural replacement. My opinion and others have mentioned it is that Gallaghers best position is where Eze plays so he is not needed.

We spent most of last season applauding Doucoure but bemoaning the fact he couldn’t do all the defensive work on his own, so we buy Lerma who is the perfect midfield partner for him and Sheffield was an encouraging start. It would not be great if we now look to offload Doucoure and replace with Gallagher.

If Curtis Jones was to come in the opposite direction then that would be more like it and would leave funds for a forward or winger.

I also see recent click bait saying we have turned down a bid for Mateta which is disappointing and if true likely means we are holding onto him for this season.

Lets just hope we don’t lost CD as we not come close to replacing him with any player we could get.

Gallagher is a fantastic player when played in his strongest position. He is being ruined by being asked to play in a role he's not that good at. As has been said, now Eze is in the middle he doesn't fit in with us, but I don't buy into this narrative that he's not that good. He is, he's just not a utility player. Funnily enough I think he would have been a cheaper and better option for United than Mount.

Edit: just saw the Mateta post. Are we going to make a profit on him? That would be something.

Edited by taylors lovechild (21 Aug 2023 8.37am)

So was George Best. Ward Prowse would have been an excellent buy. Yet again pipped by the Spam.