Billy Gilmour is about to endure a medical at Brighton earlier than placing pen to paper in a everlasting transfer from Chelsea.
The Premier League facet have agreed a deal price round £9million for the Scotland worldwide. It comes after the midfielder was snubbed by Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel who informed the 21-year-old to journey residence from the membership's pre-season tour of the US earlier this summer time.
The Scot appeared to don't have any future in any respect on the London membership - regardless of the membership exercising an possibility to increase his contract to the summer time of 2023/24 - however has since appeared on the bench as a result of lack of numbers within the squad. However now his transfer away from Stamford Bridge has all however been agreed with Brighton gaffer Graham Potter a fan of the previous Rangers child. And the transfer might see the Ibrox facet money in as a consequence of a sell-on clause included within the star's preliminary contract that noticed him make the transfer to Chelsea, in response to Soccer Scotland.
Rangers might earn greater than £1million on the deal. The Scotsman left Govan 5 summers in the past and following his sixteenth birthday, Gilmour formally change into a Chelsea participant in July 2017. He has solely managed 22 outings since, finishing a mortgage spell at Norwich Metropolis final time period.
Various sides have registered their curiosity within the midfielder all through the summer time. Gilmour himself mentioned he's eager to make the transfer to the Seagulls.
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