Dont see many hear post flick ons from corners like we used to with andy thorn. Got us a few goals if I remember correctly. Pardew got the winner at villa park with one i think.

Spot on. Our current squad is littered with old heads, so we should be using the loan slots for these and getting younger players on permanent deals. Whilst this player might add value to our current squad it is highly likely that it will be for 1 season only.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

Think it is connected to Chelski signing Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen after the international fixtures. So maybe not announced till next Monday

I think Dazza said the same and that Gallagher was a done deal but wouldn't be announced until after the U21s matches. WE can but wait and see, but the delayed announcement makes sense so the lad can focus on the national team.

A twist to the saga . . . ?

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This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

I don't think a permanent deal is on the cards. He hasn't been tested at premier level and seems to be behind RLC and Billy gilmour in the pecking order of youth products at Chelski, so a loan gives him a chance to develope

Any club will attempt to tie younger assets to long contracts. I think he wants to succeed at Chelsea as his family are reportedly blues. It's just the international break and the player they are signing who is on duty too

Maybe in a year RLC will get fed up if not playing regularly and want to move, so think it's a win win situation, as they have gone billy big time in the market again.