I think there is a chance he becomes available, particularly if they do not revisit his contract and up his relatively low salary.

I do not think he did enough in his England appearances to feel confident about making the World Cup squad and he will need regular first-team appearances to give himself a realistic chance

He seemed to enjoy his time here and could still live in London so those are attractions but he made a name for himself and would attract a hefty fee - which Palace may not have available. Also, he did tail off in the second half of the season, though that might have been a post-Covid impact

I would think the time to revisit this would be in January when we can see how the midfield is functioning and he will have a better idea of his future at Chelsea

I saw a slightly different version of the same / similar story in various news outlets - Apparently CG & Thomas Tuchel had a chance encounter in a restaurant, TT told CG that he wanted to keep him at CFC as he continued to be part of their plans going forward & I seem to remember PV vaguely talking about it in interviews, saying something politically correct like - we are monitoring the situation, of course CG & CFC speak to each other at various times in the season so both sides know where they stand.

I liked Gilmour initially, then he went to Norwich & for some reason the fans took a dislike to him, no idea why but when we played them even the commentators on tv were talking about it.

I think his comments in the media this morning make it pretty clear that he's not going anywhere until at least January. His statement that he feels it's time to 'step up' after his Palace experience also suggests for now he believes he can play at a higher level than with us. Fair play to him and I wish him well, but to be honest I never for one minute thought he would come back anyway. Personally I think there would be more chance of us getting RLC back (although obviously his injury record is a big issue).

Stepping up presumably being a benchwarmer for (formerly) Chelski

the inconvenience....

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

I wouldn’t go as far as rubbish. He had less influence on games and there were some signs that he was tired.

I do agree however that he constantly needs to produce his ‘A’ game to get in the Chelsea team so for that reason alone I reckon he will only ever be a bit part player for them.

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He was good on loan for us but I definitely don’t think he’s good enough for a top 4 team as a regular maybe an impact sub at best I’d say ability wise Eze has a much higher ceiling than Conor and hopefully he reaches it I don’t think Conor has anywhere near the ability as Eze but he does have a great engine and he’s a great character

walking down the holmesdale road to see the palace aces!

Eze, and Connor, are both very talented but different, not directly comparable, more a case of being complimentary to each other. With both at the top of their games it could have been a dream mix. what could have been Ah.
Someone has said this already but this looks like a repeat of the Loftus Cheek situation, we won’t get Connor, but on the bright side Decoure looked class in his cameo Saturday, one more like him and who knows.