Despite the competition for spots in the Chelsea lineup, Blues youngster Billy Gilmour is ready to fight for his place under Frank Lampard.
Billy Gilmour is ready to battle for his spot at Chelsea following his return from a knee injury that he sustained in July. However, Frank Lampard hasn’t ruled out a January loan move for the youngster.
The 19-year-old signed for the Blues three and a half years ago from Rangers and has since worked his way up into Lampard’s first team. However, a knee injury sustained against Crystal Palace last season halted his progress after a stellar start to his senior career.
The Blues have since spent £220m on new signings and are proving themselves as Premier League title contenders since his recent return. Still, Gilmour is not hiding away from increased competition.
“I am a Chelsea player right now. I don’t know what the future holds, but I am proud to be here and playing games and will have to wait to see what happens,” Gilmour told reporters as quoted by Daily Star ahead of his side’s Champions League clash with Krasnodar.
“The gaffer has been really good with me. He has been speaking to me while I have been injured. I need to work hard here and get my opportunity and when I do, hopefully, I take it and play well. It has been a long time out with my first major injury.”
“I was disappointed to get it, but now I am back and feeling strong and I can’t wait to be going again. There has been a lot of new signings, good players, good additions to the squad and you can see the competition for places in the team is a good thing and that’s why we are playing so well.”
“You can see they are good players that have come in, in the attacking sense we have been doing really well with the goals we’ve been scoring, but I need to focus on coming back into the team and playing again.”
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