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Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira has failed to rule out trying to bring Conor Gallagher back to the club from Chelsea.
The 22-year-old enjoyed a superb loan spell at Selhurst Park last season, scoring eight goals in 34 Premier League appearances to break into Gareth Southgate’s England squad.
A number of Premier League clubs have shown interest in signing Gallagher on loan or on a permanent basis – Palace, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle are among the others – but Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has been keen to integrate him into the Blues’ first team.
However, Gallagher’s season has got off to a shaky start. He was substituted at half-time during Chelsea’s recent 3-0 defeat at Leeds and was then sent off on Saturday for two yellow cards against Leicester, both of which were picked up in the first 30 minutes of the match.
A move away continues to be speculated, but Vieira, speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of Palace’s game against Brentford, refused to be drawn on a possible bid for Gallagher – though he didn’t rule one out either…
