Chelsea are involved in Celtic midfielder Matt O’Riley as a possible substitute for Conor Gallagher, in line with a report.

It emerged on Friday that the Blues had warned Gallagher he faces a coaching floor ‘exile’ if he doesn’t comply with a transfer to Atletico Madrid or one other summer time bidder, having turned down two contract gives from the west London membership.

Chelsea are involved in signing a brand new midfielder if Gallagher does depart and Celtic’s O’Riley is considered one of their predominant targets, in line with Sky Sports activities.

The 23-year-old scored 18 targets to energy Brendan Rodgers’ facet to a different Scottish Premiership title and has additionally been linked with Europa League winners Atalanta. There’s additionally admiration from Southampton, who’ve already had a £14m bid for the Denmark worldwide rejected, as reported by The Scottish Solar.

Chelsea have agreed a £33.8m cope with Atletico for Gallagher, however work nonetheless must be achieved on the participant’s facet to make the switch official.

Supervisor Enzo Maresca has additionally claimed there’s “no information” about Gallagher’s reported banishment or his proposed transfer to Atletico.

He mentioned: “The one factor I can say is I do know he’s involved with the membership to discover a resolution. The membership supplied him a brand new contract. However that is, in the mean time, the one information I obtained.

“Additionally as a result of they know that after we are in competitors or working, I wish to be centered on what we’ve got right here. That’s, on this second, this sport after which the Actual Madrid sport. For me as a supervisor, it’s an important factor. Simply to deal with an important factor that’s the pitch.”

The England worldwide has reportedly been instructed he might be slightly greater than a squad participant below Maresca, who’s implementing a brand new possession-based model of play and can possible attempt to get the perfect out of £200m midfield duo Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo.

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