I don't think Chelsea will sell him, they just extended his contract and he will be cheap depth for them next year across all the games they need to play. Unless Palace is willing to pay 40 mil + and blow Chelsea away which they won't be.
His career would be much better served being the focal point at a mid table club like palace for 2 or 3 years right now, but I fully expect him to go back to Chelsea, play like 50% of their games in a supporting role where he sees the ball way less and is not allowed to roam freely like he does at palace, have his development stunted and eventually get pushed out of the side in 2 or 3 years or so when the hire their next manager who brings in a few new shiny toys and he gets frustrated.
Really too bad though as I agree that he could be something if he keeps getting the development/playing time, so many young english players have their careers ruined by the big clubs desire to hoard talent. Loftus-Cheek was very similar when he was at palace albeit as more of a distributor than a finisher, and his career has been a shell of what it could have been because of being at Chelsea.
Also, he is great but I do think the EPL hype machine is a bit over the top for Gallagher as well, I do think watching him most weeks that his game still has a lot of room for improvement, he is a good finisher, is excellent at finding space and presses/tackles with a ton of energy and is a top young player, but he is not a great passer/vision and isn't very good at creating opportunities for teammates... yet. He's got some work to do to be a rounded number 10, on a bigger club he's not going to have everyone funneling the ball to him and teammates ok with all the solo dribbles and shots he attempts
Perfect scenario for all would be sale to Palace for 25 mil-ish, with a buyback clause for 35. He keeps playing for 2 more years with this level of freedom and opportunity, and if he turns into a worldie Chelsea have him back easily, but sadly ain't gonna happen.
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