Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino says “each side have to really feel good like a wedding” as contract negotiations rumble on with Conor Gallagher.
The midfielder’s present deal at Stamford Bridge runs till 2025 and although he’s in talks over a brand new one, the Blues had been open to a sale through the summer season switch window.
Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur had been amongst Gallagher’s admirers, however neither had been prepared to satisfy Chelsea’s £50m asking value.
90min understands that Tottenham stay focused on Gallagher, significantly with contract talks failing to meaningfully progress in current months. Chelsea are reluctant to let him enter the final year-and-a-half of his deal and threat shedding him on a free switch or at a decreased value, leaving the door open for a January transfer if an settlement cannot be reached.
At a press convention forward of Saturday’s west London derby at residence to Brentford, Pochettino was requested whether or not he would really like Gallagher to remain and signal a brand new contract.
“It is sort of a marriage between the participant and membership, each side have to really feel good and that’s the reason this second you’ll be able to arrive at a brand new deal,” the Argentine replied.
“Even if you wish to prolong the contract, you cease and communicate. In fact, he’s a participant that’s doing improbable. We’re so pleased with how he’s doing.”
Although he’s competing for a beginning spot alongside two midfielders who value Chelsea over £100m every in Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo, Gallagher has been considered one of Pochettino’s higher and extra reliable gamers to date this season.
Gallagher has captained his boyhood membership in three of their final 4 Premier League matches within the absence of Reece James and Ben Chilwell.
He has additionally maintained his place in Gareth Southgate’s England squad, incomes two additional caps in pleasant wins towards Scotland and Australia over the autumn.
