Tottenham to beat Aston Villa to €40m deal for Atletico midfielder

Atletico Madrid are on the verge of sealing an exit for midfielder Conor Gallagher. The England worldwide has did not nail down a beginning spot in Madrid since arriving for €42m two summers in the past, and has been linked with a return to the Premier League for a lot of the previous 12 months.

With Simeone not trusting Gallagher forward of different choices, Atletico opened the door for a transfer in the summertime, and Manchester United made a deadline day bid for him final summer time. Being a mortgage provide although, Atletico have been eager to get their a reimbursement, and demanded a €40m in a everlasting deal.

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Aston Villa attain settlement for Gallagher

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa have been occupied with Gallagher this month as a possible reinforcement, and had made a mortgage with an obligation to purchase for €30m provide, in response to stories final week. After holding talks with Gallagher, it appeared that transfer had the inexperienced mild from all events and was resulting from undergo.

Spurs hijack cope with Atletico Madrid

However, Tottenham Hotspur have acted on their curiosity too, and held talks with Gallagher on Monday. Spurs seem to have persuaded Gallagher right into a transfer again to London, and now he’s giving precedence to a transfer to hitch Tottenham. As reported by Fabrizio Romano and Ben Jacobs, they’ve reached an settlement with Atletico for a €40m everlasting deal this month.

🚨💣 Conor Gallagher to Tottenham, right here we go! The participant has simply knowledgeable Atléti about his determination to hitch #THFC.

Spurs set to pay €40m charge, everlasting deal to beat Villa.

Aston Villa agreed cope with Atlético at the moment however depart race as participant didn’t give last inexperienced mild. pic.twitter.com/Xm5mreDa9M

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 12, 2026

Barring any additional shock twists, it appears Gallagher will probably be headed to hitch Thomas Frank’s facet.

Gallagher’s Atletico Madrid profession to date

The 25-year-old was additionally praised extremely by Simeone, and did begin a variety of essential video games, scoring towards Actual Madrid within the Champions League Spherical of 16 final season. Nevertheless he typically did so on the flanks of a four-man midfield for Simeone, a job that each participant and membership would probably admit was not his favoured one. With Simeone not typically utilizing three central midfielders, and infrequently trusting him in a two, Gallagher has struggled to exhibit his finest kind.