“Conor Gallagher is a guy that has been at Chelsea since he was a kid and then because there’s a decent offer from Atlético they just get rid of him.”
Why are Chelsea looking to sell their captain Conor Gallagher?
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The reason they’re selling him and the other home grown players is to balance the books. That’s pretty much the main reason, in my opinion. Sell Gallagher for £33m and it’s essentially £33m profit on the books as they didn’t pay a transfer fee for him. Same with Trevoh Chalobah, if Transfermarkt’s valuation is reasonably accurate then if they sell him for around £20m then again, it’s all profit and the easiest way to balance the books after spending so much money on players is to sell home grown players where you’re gaining 100% profit rather than 10%-50% at most
Chelsea had been overspending for years. The Abramovich era created an aura of a superpower. The superpower was the owner who opened his chequebook at a time when inflated fees existed. They overpaid for many a player. A major player in adding to an overinflated market now subject to restrictions, regulations, and financial penalties brought on by their own club. For all the money they've had minimal success from youth development. That's a fair asassessment imo
I’ve been a Chelsea fan for 50 years, but I loathe what the club has become. It’s soul has been ripped out and sold off by a bunch of Wall St. wide boys.
Can’t blame him. What a great lifestyle he will have in Spain.