Manchester United are plotting a swoop to signal Atletico Madrid midfielder Conor Gallagher within the January switch window, in response to TEAMtalk.
Gallagher amassed 136 Premier League appearances throughout his time in England, with the majority arriving for Chelsea throughout the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 campaigns.
He has performed 73 matches for Atletico since his transfer from Chelsea and has featured in 23 video games this season.
Nevertheless, he has slipped behind Pablo Barrios—just lately linked with Tottenham Hotspur—and Koke within the pecking order, with the Spanish duo now firmly established as Diego Simeone’s most well-liked midfield pivot.
With Thomas Tuchel leaving him out of England’s final three squads, elevated minutes could also be driving the midfielder to weigh up a January exit, notably with the 2026 World Cup now solely six months away.
Now, in response to TEAMtalk, Man Utd are plotting a swoop for the potential switch of Gallagher to Previous Trafford within the January switch window.
The Purple Devils wish to revamp their midfield. Regardless of a number of choices, together with Elliot Anderson, Carlos Baleba, Joao Gomes, Adam Wharton and Noah Sadiki being linked, the membership stay eager on Gallagher, having tried to signal him final summer season, in response to the report.
Gallagher to Man Utd
The report provides that whereas the 25-year-old can be attracting curiosity from a number of golf equipment, together with Tottenham, Newcastle United, Everton and West Ham United, United stay ‘firmly’ within the race for the midfielder and are additionally contemplating proposing a attainable mortgage switch.
Ruben Amorim requires further reinforcement in midfield, with Manuel Ugarte—the membership’s Twentieth-most costly signing—nonetheless struggling to make a constant impression since arriving.
Casemiro, turning 34 subsequent February, more and more appears set to go away Previous Trafford on the finish of the season as his contract runs down, regardless of a current return to type.
In the meantime, Amorim stays unconvinced by Kobbie Mainoo, having entrusted the teenager with solely 212 minutes of Premier League motion this season.
The United supervisor seems to have a exact profile in thoughts, and with earlier hyperlinks to Gallagher, the previous Chelsea midfielder matches the precise kind of participant Amorim needs.
With the report stating United are additionally contemplating making a mortgage proposal, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if Atletico can be open to it or insist on a everlasting switch, which is able to possible value round his £30m Transfermarkt valuation.
