Conor Gallagher, a midfielder for Chelsea, has already arrived in Madrid in preparation for his contentious transfer.
Chelsea followed up next season's sixth-place end in the Premier League by leaving with Mauricio Pochettino and then moving on to a new, fraught transfer windows.
The filing of Boca Juniors defender Aaron Anselmino on Thursday saw the team's saving rachet up to more than £130million as he became the ninth new appearance this summer.
Conor Gallagher, the club's midfielder, has been the most controversial decision to make in west London this summer, despite the club's efforts to save around$ 90 million from Ian Maatsen, Lewis Hall, and Omari Hutchinson.
The England international has been closing in on a move to Atletico Madrid in recent days and arrived in the Spanish capital on Thursday in order to complete his £33million transfer, a move which eases the club's Profit and Sustainability Rules ( PSR ) concerns but has not gone down well with fans, who do not want to see another homegrown player, who was one of the club's best performers last year, leave the club.
However, studies in Spain suggest that Atletico Madrid tried to pull the switch on the package at the eleventh hour, leading to the claim that these Chelsea supporters virtually had what they wanted. Spanish store AS reported remarks from Valencia producer Miguel Angel Corona, who claimed that Atletico wanted to abandon their move for Gallagher in favour of Los Ches midfielder Javi Guerra.
When asked about Guerra's position, Corona said:" What happened with Atlético is that there was a peak agreement on Sunday between the leader and the largest investor of Atlético de Madrid.
The evidence is developed with a closed-door partnership on Monday. We asked the Atlético de Madrid user on Wednesday morning if they wanted to leave the Gallagher business.
Because we did not have the necessary information to support the functioning, we decided to leave. Javi Guerra and we withdrew from the dialogue.
" On Monday they told us' do n't worry, we are leaving the Gallagher operation, our only objective is Javi Guerra'. The largest investor apologizes to us on Wednesday.
With Gallagher having touched down in Madrid on Thursday night to finish the move, it would appear that any possible Atletico U-turn is dead in the water and that the 24-year-old may remain plying his trade at the Metropolitano Stadium, where he is set to play alongside Julian Alvarez, who is set to perfect his move from Manchester City.
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