Frank Lampard has praised Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher, a player Tottenham Hotspur made a deadline day bid for last month.
Many expected the Englishman to leave Stamford Bridge in the summer, but he has started each of the Blues’ first seven Premier League games. He is a key member of Mauricio Pochettino’s team and Lampard absolutely loves him. Frank Lampard praises Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher
Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher is an amazing talent, everyone knows that.
The 23-year-old made a wonderful name for himself during his loan spell at Crystal Palace, but his performances at Chelsea last season were inconsistent. However, every manager he has played under has backed him and Frank Lampard has now revealed the reason for the decision. The blues legend claimed that Gallagher is absolutely incredible behind the scenes every day.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, Lampard said: “He’s a fantastic character and a great talent, he’s got the ability to score goals from midfield.
“He has a real talent and energy and that is a massive attribute for a midfield player but one of the things I found working with him is a lot of the things you don’t see, as a manager you see things that people on the outside don’t and when you see people who want to train at a level and want to work hard and show you something every day..
“Sometimes, when you pick a team people ask why do you keep playing Conor Gallagher, the answer is because what I see from him every day, his desire to play for the club, his ability to affect people just by his standards and when I went back just to see the squad which was low for many reasons but the boy trained every day like he wanted to show you something, so I have a lot of admiration for him.
“I really hope this run of games he is getting and being club captain is a chance for him to kick on with his Chelsea career because I know what it means to him.”
Tottenham made a deadline-day bid to sign him
Tottenham Hotspur were very active on transfer deadline day last month, weren’t they?
Spurs signed Brennan Johnson from Nottingham Forest, but they also wanted to bring in a new midfielder and defender. Conor Gallagher was chosen by Ange Postecoglou as his new man in the middle of the park.
GiveMeSport claimed on transfer deadline day that Tottenham had tabled a £40m bid to sign the Chelsea midfielder.
That move didn’t materialize then, but it will be interesting to see if Postecoglou comes back with a new offer in the January transfer window.
