Four things you should know about Chelsea new-boy Billy Gilmour

The Blues won the race to sign the midfielder, who is viewed as one of the brightest youthful prospects in Scottish football, and will pay a £500,000 improvement expense to Rangers with extra installments due on the accomplishment of particular profession points of reference.

He was on track to end up noticeably Rangers' most youthful ever player

The most youthful senior player in Rangers history is Derek Ferguson, who took to the field matured 16 years and 24 days. Gilmour does not turn 16 until June 11 but rather prepared with the Rangers' initially group in front of Scottish FA Cup ties against Morton and Hamilton prior this year and, as indicated by guardian manager Graeme Murty, was, "close" to winning a place in the matchday squad.

He rose to conspicuousness in the Victory Shield

Scotland U16s completed sprinters up to the Republic of Ireland in the latest version of the yearly schoolboys competition in November, with 13-year-old Celtic sensation Karamoko Dembele taking the vast majority of the features. Gilmour, in any case, was a much more focal figure to the group's prosperity, illuminating the Oriam execution focus in Edinburgh with his self-restraint on the ball and noteworthy passing extent before a crowd of scouts from an extensive variety of clubs.

Officers contended energetically to keep him

The Scottish monsters did all that they could to debilitate intrigued clubs until the point that it turned out to be evident that Gilmour and his family had their hearts set on a move to Chelsea. Recently named Rangers administrator Pedro Caixinha even met with the 15-year-old's folks in a last-jettison endeavor to persuade them that their child's advancement would be best served by remaining in Scotland, however without any result.

He fits the Chelsea institute form for midfield playmakers

Gilmour has superb touch, method and body adjust, alongside the balance and insight to either direct ownership from a profound position or float into space and play more sharp passes additionally forward. From multiple points of view his qualities seem like those of Mason Mount, the commander and innovative center point of the Chelsea U18 side that is clearing every single residential rival before them this season, or of Charlie Colkett, the previous youth group captain who spent this season on advance at Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town.