Conor Gallagher is now officially an Atlético de Madrid player. After the departure of Joao Felix to Chelsea was finalised on Wednesday, the 24-year-old English midfielder has moved in the opposite direction, for a transfer worth 40 million euros.
Gallagher, who’s grandparents live in La Marina, fulfils Simeone’s aspiration to strengthen the Atlético de Madrid engine room in the central midfield position.
He arrives at the Metropolitano having played fifty games, more than 4,000 minutes, scoring seven goals with nine assists, for Chelsea last season.
Simeone described him as a versatile player, who combines the functions of a holding midfielder, with huge amounts of energy and legs, who can combine his work in pressing to recover balls, with those of a midfielder with ability to create problems in the opposing area.
The player, who has been frozen out the season by Chelsea, the club he has been with since he was 8 years of age, and who he captained last season, first trained with his new club on Wednesday morning, after which he was unveiled to Atlético fans. He arrives on a five-year deal.
