Scotland boss Steve Clarke has heaped praise on Billy Gilmour following the Tartan Army's draw with Poland, and declared his best work comes when he has the ball.
The 20-year-old midfielder first earned plaudits under Frank Lampard at Chelsea with fine performances against Liverpool in the FA Cup and Everton in the Premier League in March 2020. The Scottish international showed himself to have an ability to control the tempo of a match with an impressive selection of passing, and immediate trust from his teammates.
A knee injury towards the end of that season slowed his progress but he impressed enough that Thomas Tuchel did not allow him to leave the Blues on loan in January 2021, though minutes were difficult to come by with competition from N'Golo Kante, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic. Nevertheless he impressed for Scotland during EURO 2020, and garnered a great deal of attention for his man of the match performance against England.
