Billy Gilmour could be forgiven if he had lost touch with his roots. Touted as Scottish football’s most gifted player for a generation, having made his first-team breakthrough at Chelsea aged 18 and handed a new contract, there has been a glowing clamour to promote him to the full Scotland team. Gilmour remains grounded, however, with a firm grasp of reality.

Right now the Scotland Under-21 midfielder’s priorities are to improve his FIFA 20 skills with room-mate Fraser Hornby in the Czech Republic before returning to Grange Academy SFA performance school in Kilmarnock, where he will encourage youngsters to follow his pathway.

A whirlwind few weeks for the teenager has seen Frank Lampard, the Chelsea manager, promote him to the first team, where he impressed