Postecoglou has real chance to irritate Pochettino as report gives Spurs hope of January signing
Chelsea have spent and spent and spent some more under Todd Boehly but without much success.
The Blues still aren’t progressing under Mauricio Pochettino and we could see more signing in 2024.
That would require some sales though and Chelsea may make a rather unpopular sale during the January window…
Chelsea considering Conor Gallagher sale
The Mirror report that Chelsea will now entertain bids for midfielder Conor Gallagher – and risk angering boss Pochettino in the process.
Gallagher has featured prominently under Pochettino this season, starting 17 Premier League games.
The 23-year-old has even captained Chelsea on a number of occasions with Reece James again suffering regular injuries.
The problem is that Chelsea want to raise funds and Gallagher represents a rather appealing sale.
Gallagher is a Chelsea academy graduate and a transfer fee would count as 100% profit in terms of Financial Fair Play.
Now entering the final 18 months of his contract, Chelsea will listen to offers for Gallagher and potentially leave Pochettino upset.
Tottenham Hotspur move could rely on Hojbjerg departure
The report notes that Tottenham Hotspur could return with a new move for Gallagher having wanted him over the summer.
Spurs even made a £40million offer for Gallagher on transfer deadline day, according to reports, but no deal was done.
Tottenham have maintained their interest in signing Gallagher and Chelsea’s stance may well attract an offer from Spurs once again.
Spurs may need to let a midfielder leave first though and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg seems like the prime candidate.
The Dane has been out of favour this season and is in a similar contract situation to Gallagher in that he can leave in 2025.
It’s unlikely that Spurs would just throw £40million or more at Chelsea in January without first raising funds and Hojbjerg could be the man to unlock a deal.
We still think that Chelsea will be a little reluctant to sell Gallagher, especially to Spurs.
The optics of selling a homegrown talent, who has recently worn the armband, to a London rival in Tottenham, would be pretty terrible.
Pochettino would be unhappy with selling Gallagher anyway, but losing him to Tottenham would really sting for the former Spurs boss.
Money talks though and Tottenham could capitalise on Chelsea’s Financial Fair Play situation with a January move, leaving Ange Postecoglou with a golden chance to frustrate one of his Spurs predecessors.
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