It's not too often nowadays that a player would rather stay at a football club and fight for their place instead of looking elsewhere with offers on the table.
But that is exactly what happened with Conor Gallagher in the January transfer window. Everton were among multiple Premier League clubs with a keen interest in the England international in the mid-season window. The Toffees offered Chelsea around £45million for Gallagher, but the midfielder wanted to stay put at Stamford Bridge and fight for his place under Graham Potter.
Now, almost four months on from Everton's bid, Potter is gone and Frank Lampard is in interim charge until the end of the season. The irony of that is that it was Lampard who is thought to have brought the idea of bringing Gallagher to Goodison Park at the start of 2023, only for the player to turn the move down when Sean Dyche took over.
