THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2020Gilmour shows exactly why
Barcelona wanted him
Teenager carried himself like an experienced pro against Liverpool (PA)
MIGUEL DELANEY
CHIEF FOOTBALL WRITER
When Frank Lampard first brought Billy Gilmour into the main Chelsea squad, one of the staff members
echoed what many were thinking. “He looks like a 15-year-old.”
After Tuesday night against Liverpool, though, many will realise that doesn’t matter. They’ll also have seen
what Barcelona were seeing. To their people, he looked like something else.
The Spanish champions sent their top European scout to watch Gilmour a lot over the last few years, and
came to one conclusion. He’s the only British player around his age group who “got it”; the only one who