Ally McCoist insists Billy Gilmour can banish his Norwich Metropolis mortgage points and is adamant the 20-year previous is destined to succeed in the top of European soccer.
The Scotland and Chelsea star has endured a torrid time since his summer time mortgage transfer to Carrow Street with the Canaries sitting rock-bottom of the Premier League desk.
However Gilmour has continued to star in a Scotland shirt for Steve Clarke ’s in-form facet, impressing as soon as once more throughout final week’s 1-1 draw towards Poland - together with one spectacular objective line clearance.
The dynamic midfielder has develop into a lynchpin within the Scotland midfield alongside Callum McGregor and John McGinn.
Now McCoist insists his long-term future will probably be brighter away from Dean Smith’s strugglers south of the border.
The 59-year-old, who featured 61 occasions for Scotland, stated: “I’m an enormous Billy Gilmour fan.
“I’ve identified Billy for an extended, very long time - I’ve simply been completely delighted to look at his progress coming via.
“He’s going to be a prime participant, he actually is. There was just a little interval when he went to Norwich and folks thought the transfer wasn’t useful to him or Norwich.
“He wasn’t taking part in for a interval as effectively, however he’s completely top-class.
“He’s obtained an ideal soccer mind, and his clearance off the road towards Poland was unbelievable.
“The best way he additionally dispossessed one of many boys in the course of the park and performed an excellent go to John McGinn reveals his expertise.
“He’s synonymous with the place Scotland are simply now – we’ve obtained a much better group of gamers coming via, an actual good group of gamers.
“Billy Gilmour is certainly one of them.”
Gilmour has racked up 11 caps since his Scotland debut final yr and develop into a significant cog in Clarke’s well-oiled worldwide machine.
He began all 5 World Cup qualifiers towards Denmark, Moldova, Austria, Israel and the Faroe Islands and appears poised to play a key position within the postponed play-off conflict towards Ukraine.
Gilmour has struggled for recreation time at Norwich this season after being largely missed by former boss Daniel Farke and has solely featured intermittently underneath Smith within the Canaries’ determined quest for survival.
However McCoist, talking in assist of The Nationwide Lottery Soccer Weekends marketing campaign, added: “In fact, the lads at Norwich are struggling however the Premier League is one of the best league on the planet.
“The very fact of the matter is that Billy is competing in one of the best league on the planet and taking part in towards one of the best gamers.”
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