Thomas Tuchel has explained why Billy Gilmour controversially left Chelsea despite the club's injury crisis. The 21-year-old was tipped by many for a bright future at Stamford Bridge so, when the club decided to cash-in, the sale came as a huge shock; even more so with the Blues having suffered numerous injuries in midfield this season.
Gilmour featured just 22 times for the west Londoners since joining from Rangers in 2017, aged 16. Despite having shown glimpses of great promise from select appearances, the Scotland international was never truly trusted by Tuchel.
Upon the Scotsman's return to Cobham for pre-season training this summer, he found himself out of favour under the German. Gimour was relegated to the under-23s squad and was only recently handed a first-team squad number - albeit a few weeks into the new Premier League season.
