Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia has already made a clear decision over the future of loan star Conor Gallagher, reports say. Gallagher is currently spending a second-successive loan spell at a Premier League club. After impressing at West Brom last term, the 21-year-old joined Crystal Palace on a temporary deal in the summer.
Gallagher has had a fine start to life at Selhurst Park.
The Chelsea academy graduate has already scored four goals from midfield in 10 league appearances for Palace.
His early-season form led to a first call up to the senior England squad for the World Cup qualifier against San Marino on Monday.
Gallagher came on in the second half and impressed manager Gareth Southgate.
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He was asked about the potential of returning to Chelsea next season following Monday’s 10-0 win over San Marino.
But Gallagher insists he is fully focused on the job in hand at Palace.
He said: “I am just thinking about this season with Crystal Palace, doing as best I can for them.
“That’s most important for me now. If I continue to do well with them and carry on scoring a few goals there’s a chance to be in this England team.”
England boss Southgate explained his decision to call up Gallagher after his Three Lions debut.
“We’ve been very impressed with him,” Southgate said.
“We’ve tracked him for a very long time in his loan spells at Charlton, Swansea – we knew the staff there very well – at West Brom and now at Crystal Palace so in each loan he has done extremely well.
“He has started the season very well with Palace. We talked about him when we named the original squad as somebody we were keen to keep an eye on.
“I suppose it’s one of the benefits of being with the Under-21s because it was an easy transition for us to bring him across.”
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