Conor Gallagher agrees £33.7m Atletico Madrid move after Diego Simeone talks – Newstrends
Connect with us

Sports

Conor Gallagher agrees £33.7m Atletico Madrid move after Diego Simeone talks

Published

8 months ago

on

Conor Gallagher agrees £33.7m Atletico Madrid move after Diego Simeone talks

Conor Gallagher has agreed to join Atletico Madrid from Chelsea for £33.7 million after Diego Simeone pushed hard to convince the midfielder to move to Spain.

England international Gallagher is poised to sign a five-year deal that could earn him as much as £200,000-a-week once bonuses are taken into consideration.

Gallagher was preparing to fly to Madrid on Monday to finalise the deal, having consulted Kieran Trippier about life at Atletico while on England duty during the Euros.

While the fee is significantly lower than the initial £55 million they banked for Mason Mount, who also had a year remaining on his contract, from Manchester United last summer, Chelsea favoured selling Gallagher overseas.

The west London club accepted a higher offer from Aston Villa in June, but Gallagher turned the move down, while Tottenham Hotspur have not followed up their long-standing interest with a firm offer.

Selling Gallagher to Villa, Spurs, or any other English club, could have piled pressure on Chelsea if the 24-year-old outperformed their midfielders during the forthcoming campaign.

READ ALSO:

Chelsea twice offered Gallagher a new two-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months – once after accepting Villa’s offer and again after Atletico’s bid had been accepted.

Gallagher turned down each offer and, on Friday, was called in to Chelsea, cutting short his summer break, to be told that he risked being left out of the first-team squad if he stayed and did not sign a new contract.

That prompted a hectic weekend of talks, with verbal agreement between Gallagher and Atletico being found in the early hours of Monday morning.

Simeone has told Gallagher that he sees him as a key component of what has turned into a summer rebuild and believes the Chelsea academy graduate will fit perfectly into his system and style of play.

Gallagher played virtually every game under Simeone’s Argentine compatriot, Mauricio Pochettino, at Chelsea last season and captained the team for the majority of the season.

But Pochettino’s exit and the appointment of Enzo Maresca as head coach resulted in Chelsea believing that Gallagher would be more of a squad player, if he had signed a new deal, under the Italian.

Once he formally completes his move to Atletico, Gallagher will be the fifth first-team academy graduate to be sold by Chelsea’s Clearlake Capital-Todd Boehly owners, with Trevoh Chalobah and Armando Broja also set to depart this summer.

Gallagher follows Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ian Maatsen and Lewis Hall out of Stamford Bridge. Reece James and Levi Colwill are two academy graduates who have signed new long-term Chelsea contracts under the current owners.

Conor Gallagher agrees £33.7m Atletico Madrid move after Diego Simeone talks

Related Topics:
Advertisement

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo ventures into movie industry, unveils new studio

Published

9 hours ago

on

April 11, 2025

By

Cristiano Ronaldo ventures into movie industry, unveils new studio

Superstar footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has announced a  career away from the pitch.

The Portuguese footballer currently plying his trade for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr, Ronaldo, 40, is opening a new business venture. This will see him partner with filmmaker Matthew Vaughn, 54, the producer of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the director of gangster films such as Snatch, and Layer Cake.

Ronaldo and Vaughn’s collaboration will see them launch a brand named UR MARV, an independent film studio that will focus on ’embracing innovative technology with a nod to tradition’.

READ ALSO:

A statement posted to Ronaldo’s official account on X, formerly Twitter, said: ‘Cristiano Ronaldo loves movies; Matthew Vaughn loves sport – and they both love a good story.

‘Both have been disruptive champions at their game and will now combine the world of sport and storytelling through the launch of UR MARV, an independent joint venture film studio embracing innovative technology, with a nod to tradition.’

Vaughan also stated: ‘Cristiano has created stories on the pitch that I could never have written, and I look forward to creating inspiring movies with him – he’s a real-life superhero.’

Cristiano Ronaldo ventures into movie industry, unveils new studio

Continue Reading

Sports

Mohamed Salah pens new two-year deal at Liverpool

Published

10 hours ago

on

April 11, 2025

By

Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah pens new two-year deal at Liverpool

Mohamed Salah put an end to months of speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract with Premier League leaders Liverpool on Friday.

Salah, 32, has scored 243 goals in 394 appearances for the Reds since joining from Roma in 2017, making him the club’s third highest goalscorer of all time.

The Egyptian has lifted the Champions League and Premier League trophies during his time at Anfield and has fired Liverpool to the brink of a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title.

READ ALSO:

Salah has scored 27 goals and provided 17 assists in the Premier League this season to leave Arne Slot’s side 11 points clear with seven games remaining.

“Of course I’m very excited. We have a great team now. Before also we had a great team. But I signed because I think we have a chance to win other trophies,” Salah said in a club statement.

“It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10. Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career.”

 

Mohamed Salah pens new two-year deal at Liverpool

AFP

Continue Reading

Sports

Mbappe demands €55m from PSG in unpaid wages

Published

11 hours ago

on

April 11, 2025

By

Kylian Mbappe

Mbappe demands €55m from PSG in unpaid wages

France football captain Kylian Mbappe’s legal team has taken fresh legal action against his former club, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), over an ongoing salary dispute, demanding €55 million in unpaid wages.

The team has also appealed to the French sports minister and UEFA to intervene, as tensions over the issue continue to mount.

“We’re going to go on the attack,” Mbappe’s lawyer, Delphine Verheyden, declared during a press conference on Thursday.

Although the French League had previously ordered PSG to pay the outstanding amount, the French football federation dismissed Mbappe’s request, citing an active case in a civil court.

In response, Mbappe’s legal representatives approached a Paris court and obtained an order to freeze €55 million from PSG’s accounts.

“We have protectively seized the accounts of PSG, to the tune of 55 million euros, this morning,” explained Thomas Clay, one of the legal experts representing Mbappe.

READ ALSO:

PSG has yet to respond to the latest development. However, in October, the club indicated that it might be “forced to bring the case before the competent courts” while still pursuing an “amicable solution” with the player.

Back in January 2023, Mbappe stated that he had reached an agreement with PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi to “protect all parties and preserve the club’s serenity for the challenges ahead.”

Mbappe, who became PSG’s all-time top scorer during his seven-year stint with the club, left as a free agent last year to join Real Madrid. PSG previously claimed that the forward rejected an offer from the LFP to mediate the dispute.

Adding to the legal pressure, another member of the France captain legal team, Pierre-Olivier Sur, revealed that a harassment complaint has been filed, alleging that PSG applied pressure on the player to renew his contract in 2023—just one year before it was due to expire.

PSG, for its part, maintains that Mbappe’s contract was “legally amended” and that he failed to honor certain commitments after deciding to leave for Madrid.

UEFA, while distancing itself from direct involvement, stated its position via a spokesperson: “The case is only indirectly linked with us in terms of possible arrears of payment. If a final decision is taken by the French authorities and confirms that there are indeed arrears … the club would then have to pay the arrears on time or risk non-compliance with financial fair play.”

 

Mbappe demands €55m from PSG in unpaid wages

Continue Reading

Trending