Henry Winter, 40 years at the top of the football writing game at the Independent, Daily Telegraph, The Times and now World Soccer, covering England at numerous major tournaments, gives his opinion on a player he’s tracked since his breakthrough in 2019 – our new signing and England international midfielder, Conor Gallagher.
You’ve watched him throughout his career, Henry – what will Conor bring to Spurs?
Henry: “You are getting energy, commitment, loyalty, passion, responsibility. He’s a captain. I know you won’t want to go into Chelsea too much, but you would have seen when he left Chelsea, they put up a big tifo for him (it was actually against us!) – what’s very interesting is that when they did that tifo, they did it with the captain’s armband on. He is a leader. He’s vocal. I think he’s returning a better player because he’s played under Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid. Simeone used him occasionally on the left, but he’s very versatile. For instance, he came on twice for Trent Alexander-Arnold at the Euros.”