Called up to the England squad in March and during the summer, Conor Gallagher would have been feeling bullish about his chances of going to the World Cup. The Chelsea midfielder impressed on loan at Crystal Palace last season and was rewarded with his first four Three Lions caps during the course of the campaign.
However, Gallagher was left out of Gareth Southgate's latest squad for the Nations League fixtures against Italy and Germany. It now looks highly unlikely that Gallagher will be going to Qatar, with the likes of Blues team-mate Mason Mount, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Kalvin Phillips, Jordan Henderson and James Ward-Prowse all seemingly ahead of him in the pecking order.
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