{"id":625551,"date":"2023-07-25T01:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T05:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625551"},"modified":"2023-07-24T17:46:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T21:46:59","slug":"conor-gallagher-tottenham-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/25\/conor-gallagher-tottenham-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Next Hours\/Days&#8217;: &#8216;Fantastic&#8217; Tottenham Target Now &#8216;Ready to Leave&#8217; Club; Official \u00a340m Bid Already Made by West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur are firmly in the race to sign midfielder Conor Gallagher from rivals Chelsea in the summer, confirms The Evening Standard&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-fc-transfer-news-gallagher-caicedo-kudus-wahi-b1096326.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nizaar Kinsella<\/a>. This comes amid reports that Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is keen on a summer move to Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Following this, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1683585304999936007?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> reported on Monday evening that West Ham United have made an official \u00a340 million bid for the player, with Chelsea now expected to hold discussions over his future in the &#8220;next hours\/days&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Tottenham\u00a0in Race for Conor Gallagher Transfer<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Postecoglu Will FIX Spurs - Tottenham&#039;s Line Up Next Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rrpUO0x37GA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Spurs Face Premier League Competition for Gallagher<\/h3>\n<p>Even though he has impressed for the Blues in pre-season, scoring in their recent friendly games against Brighton and Wrexham under Mauricio Pochettino, Gallagher is reportedly &#8220;ready to leave&#8221; Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/23\/bayern-munich-closer-harry-kane\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich Working Hard to Seal Harry Kane Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per Kinsella, the Lilywhites face stiff competition from London rivals West Ham United for the 23-year-old. The Hammers are eyeing him as one of the two midfielders they want to sign after selling <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/izb8Fs07XGY?si=vCoBsU3R0WTK49rC\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Declan Rice to Arsenal<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>He also states that Spurs are looking to sign more homegrown players and perceive the Englishman as a potential replacement for Hojbjerg if they are forced to sell the Danish international to the La Liga club.<\/p>\n<p>The North London side have already signed one quality midfielder, James Maddison from Leicester City, this summer. Still, they seem willing to continue the transformation under <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/16\/ange-postecoglou-makes-positive-first-impression\/\" target=\"_self\">new boss Ange Postecoglou<\/a> by roping in the energetic Chelsea man.<\/p>\n<h3>How Can Gallagher Fit In at Tottenham?<\/h3>\n<p>It has been stated that Gallagher is deemed &#8220;surplus to requirements&#8221; at Stamford Bridge, but he could be a solid squad player for Postecoglou&#8217;s men. The Chelsea academy graduate, who was hailed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.90min.com\/posts\/graham-potter-give-fantastic-conor-gallagher-more-chances-ahead-of-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;fantastic&#8221;<\/a> by Graham Potter last season, is a hard-working and efficient midfielder who can play in multiple roles.<\/p>\n<p>He earned his breakthrough in the Premier League during his loan spell with Crystal Palace in the 2021\/22 season, scoring eight goals and providing five assists for them in 39 appearances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/19\/tottenham-ashley-phillips-signing-rapid\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Set to Sign Youngster Ashley Phillips<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gallagher can play in a variety of roles, including deeper or advanced midfield positions and even as a winger if needed. He can add more flexibility to Spurs&#8217; midfield and help them press opposition sides as well, but it remains to be seen if the club can beat West Ham in the race.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pahudson\/49392043081\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Hudson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur are firmly in the race to sign midfielder Conor Gallagher from rivals Chelsea in the summer, confirms The Evening Standard&#8217;s Nizaar Kinsella. This comes amid reports that Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is keen on a summer move to Atletico Madrid. Following this, Fabrizio Romano reported on Monday evening that West Ham United have made an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,11,3,7188],"tags":[4644,7466],"class_list":["post-625551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-conor-gallagher","tag-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}