Overview

• Fabrizio Romano reported that Manchester United asked to take Conor Gallagher on loan in the final 48 hours of the window, but Atlético Madrid refused.
• Romano added that Crystal Palace had a similar loan approach rejected roughly a week earlier.
• United explored Gallagher after missing out on Brighton’s Carlos Baleba, leaving their summer business without a midfield addition.
• Reports describe Gallagher as a high-work-rate, versatile midfielder who featured heavily under Diego Simeone and is valued at around £45m.
• CaughtOffside relayed a Fichajes claim that United could be frontrunners to revisit a deal in January, a possibility that remains unconfirmed.