The Brighton & Hove Albion player felt forced to quit Chelsea as his prospects for first tea grew increasingly few.The Brighton & Hove Albion player believed he had no choice but to quit Chelsea as his possibilities for first-team action become increasingly limited.
This week, the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Europa Conference League begin, bringing back the focus on European competition.
While Rangers begin their season in the second tier league on Thursday when Real Betis comes to Ibrox, Celtic lost on the road to Feyenoord last night by a score of 2-0. Aberdeen, the lone representative of Scotland in the UECL, will be playing on Thursday when they head to Frankfurt.
Billy Gilmour, a former Rangers star, will welcome AEK Athens to the AMEX Stadium along with his teammates from Brighton & Hove Albion. Gilmour will also be back in action in Europe this week. The Scotland international made just 22 first team appearances for the Blues during his five years at Stamford Bridge, despite winning the Champions League with former side Chelsea.
The London club snapped the Ardrossan born midfielder up from Rangers youth academy in 2017, before he could play any senior football for the Glasgow club, and loaned him out to Norwich City in 2021/22. Last summer, he signed for Chelsea’s Premier LEague rivals Brighton on a four year deal.
Now, in an interview with talkSPORT, the Scotland international has discussed what went on behind the scenes leading up to the move. He said: “When I came back from my loan from Norwich, I came back and had pre-season and I just wasn’t in the plans. I ended up leaving pre-season with the first-team to go with the reserves. So we were in America for pre-season and then me and two other boys got told there’s not going to be really a chance here, we’re not going to have another opportunity, we’re going to send you with the reserves