Chelsea's Thomas Tuchel shows ruthless side by making Conor Gallagher FA Cup decision

Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel have reportedly rejected Crystal Palace's request to allow loanee Conor Gallagher to feature in the FA Cup semi-final next weekend in what will be a blow to the midfielder, who would have been looking forward to making another Wembley appearance.

Gallagher, 22, has made a wonderful impact in south London since making the temporary switch at the start of 2021/22. His latest masterclass against Arsenal demonstrated his importance once again to Patrick Vieira's sides success this term. The hope for all in Croydon was that his parent club Chelsea would be kind to them ahead of the FA Cup semi-final next weekend but that is not to be.

This is because as Goal have exclusively revealed, the Blues have made the decision to prevent their loan star potentially knock them out of a competition that they haven't won since Antonio Conte's swansong season in west London.

Gallagher himself was reportedly not involved at all during these talks as it seems conversations were held between representatives of each club's with the Eagles understandably disappointed by the final decision of Tuchel and co., with an alteration required to the terms of his loan deal to allow him to play against his parent club.

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Palace manager Vieira had hoped that a positive resolution could be solved. "It’s not the best rule because the only one who will lose is Conor, because there’s a semi-final, it’s a really exciting game about how you will manage yourself and prepare yourself to play that game, playing that kind of game, the importance of it, it’s an experience the player is missing and I’m disappointed for him," he said in his most recent