BRIGHTON have accomplished the £9million signing of Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour.
Gilmour, 21, has agreed a four-year deal at the Amex.
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The Seagulls have been on the hunt for a midfielder following the departure of Yves Bissouma to Tottenham earlier this summer season.
Gilmour made a shocking begin to his Chelsea profession below Frank Lampard however fell out of favour below Thomas Tuchel and endured a tough mortgage with Norwich City final season.
The ace has solely appeared 11 occasions in the Premier League for the West London membership however continues to be a daily for his nation.
He was included in the Blues’ celebration for their pre-season tour to the USA however was then amongst a gaggle of gamers that had been allowed to go away and link-up with their improvement squad half manner by.
The midfielder was initially left without a squad quantity at the begin of the season.
But he was named on the bench as No35 for Chelsea’s defeat at Southampton on Tuesday however remained unused.
Head coach Graham Potter mentioned, “Billy arrives with a incredible pedigree, having performed in the Premier League and Champions League as properly as for Scotland at final 12 months’s Euros.
“He will complement our current midfield choices.
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“That expertise at fairly a younger age exhibits the power of character he has and we’re actually excited by his potential.
“Now it’s about permitting him the time to get used to a brand new setting and settling in to our membership.
“We can’t wait to work with him.”
Any transfer for the Scotland worldwide had to be everlasting.
That is as a result of Brighton have already got defender Levi Colwill on mortgage from Chelsea and are unable to borrow one other participant from the membership.