Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel have reportedly rejected Crystal Palace's request to allow loanee Conor Gallagher to feature in the FA Cup semi-final next weekend in what will be a blow to the midfielder, who would have been looking forward to making another Wembley appearance.
Gallagher, 22, has made a wonderful impact in south London since making the temporary switch at the start of 2021/22. His latest masterclass against Arsenal demonstrated his importance once again to Patrick Vieira's sides success this term. The hope for all in Croydon was that his parent club Chelsea would be kind to them ahead of the FA Cup semi-final next weekend but that is not to be.
This is because as Goal have exclusively revealed, the Blues have made the decision to prevent their loan star potentially knock them out of a competition that they haven't won since Antonio Conte's swansong season in west London.
