{"id":5491,"date":"2026-05-07T17:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:25:01","slug":"conor-gallagher-reveals-details-behind-roberto-de-zerbi-one-on-one-meetings-at-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5491","title":{"rendered":"Conor Gallagher reveals details behind Roberto De Zerbi one-on-one meetings at Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-394490\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <span>Add as preferred source on Google<\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Conor Gallagher has revealed what Roberto De Zerbi has done behind the scenes at Tottenham Hotspur to change the mood of the Tottenham squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi had repeatedly reiterated that he believes Tottenham can stay up, even when the club were in an extremely precarious position.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p>That belief has now filtered through not just to the players, but also the fan base, with two back-to-back wins over Wolves and Aston Villa seeing Spurs move out of the bottom three.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham delivered a dominant display at Villa Park on Sunday, and there are now clear signs that the Italian is putting his own imprint on the side.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Roberto De Zerbi Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-391647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11-1140x642.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2026\/04\/roberto-de-zerbi-11.jpg 1280w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"(Credit: @thefrederikkejensen \/ Instagram)\">Credit: @thefrederikkejensen \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conor-gallagher-shares-details-of-roberto-de-zerbi-s-one-on-one-meetings-with-tottenham-players\">Conor Gallagher shares details of Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s one-on-one meetings with Tottenham players<\/h2>\n<p>De Zerbi has revealed that he has used unconventional means to instil confidence into some of his players, including making some of them watch their own individual highlights on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Gallagher has now showered praise on the new Tottenham head coach, revealing that he has met with players individually and crediting him for bringing everyone at Hotspur Way together.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old told Football.London: \u201cThe gaffer has been brilliant with us. He\u2019s brought the team together. He\u2019s really worked on players individually with one-to-one meetings and one-to-one chats, trying to get that belief and confidence back in the players. He\u2019s done that with me and it\u2019s made a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he\u2019s done that with a lot of the other lads. As a team as well, all the work he\u2019s done on the training pitch and the meeting rooms, it\u2019s been fantastic and everyone is on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-de-zerbi-and-gallagher-are-really-taking-to-each-other\">De Zerbi and Gallagher are really taking to each other<\/h2>\n<p>Soon after walking into Tottenham last month, De Zerbi admitted that he wants to get Gallagher playing as he did for Chelsea a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian has certainly got his wish, with the Spurs midfielder delivering an outstanding performance against Villa as the most advanced of Tottenham\u2019s midfield three.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his side\u2019s 2-1 win on Sunday, De Zerbi admitted that it is like playing with 12 players when Gallagher is at his best.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.spurs-web.com\/subscribe\/\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-feedback\">\n<div class=\"info\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\"> <path fill=\"#EC1B23\" d=\"M27.167 5.194c.261-.124.444-.325.75-.403-1.331-1.581-3.131-2.651-5.114-3.196-1.88-.517-4.161-.765-6.074-.262-1.756.461-3.144 1.672-4.802 2.352-2.104.862-4.426.657-6.531-.104.48 4.57.969 9.13 1.498 13.651 1.279.743 2.629.96 4.079.712 1.594-.273 3.005-1.037 4.47-1.677 1.684-.737 3.42-1.106 5.263-.953 2.008.167 3.886.889 5.715 1.689 1-1.933.535-4.317.117-6.342-.369-1.788-1.136-4.145.629-5.467.261-.124-.241.181 0 0z\"\/> <path d=\"M8.045 27.831c.098.865.627 3.145-.403 3.11-.497-.016-.622-.631-.692-1.325-.88-8.808-2.006-17.214-2.822-25.862-.043-.456-.205-1.421.519-1.44.665-.017.749 1.267.749 1.267s2.242 20.663 2.649 24.25z\"\/><\/svg> <span>Have something to tell us about this article?<\/span> <span><button class=\"button\" onclick=\"window.location.href=\" http:=\"\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Feedback\">Let us know<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google Conor Gallagher has revealed what Roberto De Zerbi has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}