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Conor Gallagher joins Tottenham from Atletico Madrid for $46M with World Cup looming
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Atletico Madrid's Conor Gallagher, second left, duels for the ball with Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham during the Spanish Super Cup semifinal soccer match at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. - photo by AP Photo/Altaf Qadri
LONDON (AP) — Conor Gallagher returned to English soccer by signing for Tottenham from Atletico Madrid on Wednesday for a reported 40 million euros ($46.5 million), in a move that could ignite his hopes of playing at the World Cup. The 25-year-old midfielder left Chelsea for Atletico in the summer of 2024, mainly to help his boyhood club comply with the Premier League’s more strictly applied financial rules. He returns to the Premier League to one of Chelsea's fiercest rivals, Tottenham.