Chelsea: £50m star will be 'most excited' about Potter at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher will be most excited about Graham Potter‘s appointment in west London, according to transfer insider Dean Jones.

The ex-Brighton boss has replaced Thomas Tuchel in the Stamford Bridge dugout and Jones reckons that Gallagher will be more confident of being “successful” at his boyhood club with Potter in charge.

Gallagher returned to Chelsea this summer following his spell on loan at Crystal Palace, but it’s been far from plain sailing for the England star.

He hardly featured during the early weeks of the campaign and was hauled off on his full debut at Leeds and then sent off on his first ever start at Stamford Bridge against Leicester last month.

Despite his red card, Gallagher was straight back in the side following his return from suspension, but he was an unused substitute in Tuchel’s final game in charge against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

But Jones reckons that Gallagher, valued at £50m by the club last year, will have a much better chance of enjoying a successful career at Chelsea alongside Potter, one of the most highly-rated young English managers in the country.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “I think Gallagher is the one who will be most excited about this.

“I think it gives him a much better chance of being successful at Chelsea. Gallagher always had this fear that ultimately Chelsea would just sign somebody in his position if things weren’t going perfectly and that would be the end of that.”

With the likes of N’Golo Kante, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic in their ranks, not to mention Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Chelsea’s midfield department is one of the most competitive in their squad.

But with Kante and Jorginho the wrong side of 30 and the former struggling with injuries, there appears to be a