Dean Jones and Greame Bailey have been discussing the reasons why Conor Gallagher decided to join Tottenham and whether he would have been better off at Aston Villa.

Gallagher has admitted that he is over the moon to be a Spurs player and expressed his desire to achieve big things at N17.

The transfer happened at whirlwind speed, with Tottenham securing the midfielder from under Aston Villa’s noses after the Villans had reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid.

Some pundits have opined that Gallagher would have been better off at Villa, given the contrasting fortunes of Unai Emery’s side and Thomas Frank’s men this season.

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Graeme Bailey and Dean Jones discussed the Gallagher transfer saga on TEAMtalk’s latest Facebook live broadcast, and the journalists were both in agreement that the England international improves the current Spurs side.

Jones confessed that he did not think Tottenham would be able to hijack the deal, while Bailey suggested that a switch to Villa Park may have been better for the midfielder’s prospects of getting back into the England squad.

Jones said about the Gallagher deal: “Aston Villa had definitely started to get ahead on that one. When I reported the Gallagher story to Tottenham, I...