Atletico and Chelsea on verge of reaching agreement for Conor Gallagher

Atletico Madrid are on the verge of closing a deal with Chelsea for the signing of Conor Gallagher. The Stamford Bridge offices have already spent a lot of money in the current transfer market -they have just moved 24.5 million euros to Villarreal for Filip Jorgensen, for example- and it would be great for them to lighten their Financial Fair Play with a sale that would be in the range of 35-40 million euros.
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano assures that the last 24 hours have speeded up the talks between the 'Colchoneros' and the Blues. What is more up in the air is that the England international gives the go-ahead to leave the Premier League to join the project of Cholo Simeone. The Argentinian coach would use him to reinforce his midfield.
Although the London club's academy product made 50 appearances last season, reflecting his importance, he has just changed manager. Enzo Maresca has already suggested that he would be happy to let him go, and his bosses would probably agree. After all, his contract runs out on June 30th, 2025 and closing in on his departure for a substantial fee would be good news financially.
Conor Gallagher fits in with the firm defensive concepts professed at Atletico Madrid. During the European Championship, in fact, he was one of Gareth Southgate's recurrent revulsive players, who opted rather for an armored back than for a varied offense, which brought him a lot of criticism, but also the advance to the final, in which the midfielder saw, from the bench, Spain proclaim themselves champion.