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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Dan Marsh

Frank Lampard left to rue Chelsea's decision to sell star he labelled 'next Paul Scholes'

Frank Lampard was greeted by plenty of familiar faces on Thursday afternoon after his shock return to Chelsea was confirmed - but one of the youngsters he tipped for greatness during his previous stint at the club was not amongst them.

Billy Gilmour was snapped up by Chelsea as a teenager and was handed his Premier League debut by Lampard, who was a big, big fan of the Scottish international.

And after watching Gilmour - then aged just 18 - run the show for Chelsea in an FA Cup clash against Liverpool, Lampard suggested that Gilmour reminded him of Paul Scholes; and that the youngster was blessed with several of the Manchester United icon's traits.

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