Atlético de Madrid and Chelsea are close to reaching an agreement to carry out the operation of Conor Gallagher and Joao Félix . The British footballer will return to Madrid in the next few hours if the final green light is given. He returned to London yesterday evening on a private flight after several days in the Spanish capital, required by the Blues.
The London club demanded that Conor return immediately due to the difficulties in closing the operation with Atlético . The red-and-whites and the blues have again negotiated a new agreement, and it is imminent that it will be closed. There are difficulties, they say in London , due to the long-term amortization of Joao Félix , but there was total will to get the definitive point.
Agreement imminent
That point has been found in these hours, and the Englishman is now closer to being able to return to Madrid . He does not want to have to train with Chelsea if he is not going to continue in London , and Diego Simeone wants him back as soon as possible. In the first and only training session he did, he left very good impressions; it is understood that he would be a key player.
They see him as overwhelming, strong and with a lot of back and forth, which is what the coach has been demanding from the sports management for some time . Conor Gallagheris going to sign for five seasons with Atlético de Madrid , whileJoao Félix will return to London . He was on loan for six months from the club from the English capital; there he scored four goals in 18 games.
Simeone was right
He had up to three different coaches: Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor and Frank James Lampard . The blue idol was the one who publicly portrayed him by saying that "He has no work ethic", implying that Simeone was right. What the Argentine always asked him was for him to be one more, to work as much for the team as for the player's own talent.
A difficult period is about to come to an end, a complicated period of four years, now five, with the most expensive signing in the history of the red-and-white club. 127 million were paid to Benfica for the transfer of the player from Viseu . The Portuguese player already has a home in London so that when they give him the go-ahead, he can restart his life in the English capital.
Conor wants to come back
A city that he likes and that he already knows well, with his family nearby, the footballer feels ready to return to Chelsea . He has a thorn in his side from his previous move and now he wants to make up for it in style. Enzo Maresca is looking favourably on his arrival; Jorge Mendes is behind everything to close his incorporation to the blue team as soon as possible.
Conor Gallagher is thrilled by the support he has received in recent days. If he had any doubts, they are no longer there: he wants to be a Atlético player. Everything is heading towards a happy ending: the verbal agreement is in place, now the final details of the operation need to be finalised.