It was only a few weeks after Conor Gallagher had bumped into Thomas Tuchel while out with his family in a Cobham pub, but this time he knew exactly what he wanted to say to the Chelsea manager.
“I was trying to hide,” chuckles Gallagher at the memory of their first, accidental meeting. “It was funny because I saw him through the window and whispered to my girlfriend, mum and dad: ‘God, it’s Thomas Tuchel.’ He walked in and sat on the table right next to us so he couldn’t miss me.”
