Billy Gilmour Targeting Chelsea Return After International Break

Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour has revealed that he hopes to be back in action after the upcoming international break, having finally recovered from knee surgery.

The 19-year-old Scot starred in Frank Lampard's midfield after lockdown, but picked up a knee injury in the 3-2 win over Crystal Palace which eventually needed surgery and has kept him out of action ever since.

Speaking on the Four Lads Had A Dream podcast (via The Herald), Gilmour confessed that he has always had problems with his knee, but he is now hopeful that the surgery will have finally put an end to his issues.

“Ever since the Victory Shield days, I had to wear tape round my knee and I always felt that something was wrong," Gilmour confessed. "Since I came to Chelsea, I have had a problem with my knee at the end of the season.

“When it came to Crystal Palace, I felt something go in my knee in the first half. The adrenaline was helping me kick through it but you don’t think straight away ‘this is a bad injury’. You think ‘I have had a knock, I will be fine next week’.

“From that, I got told I had to go and have surgery on my meniscus. Andy Williams done my surgery, it all went well and I am back training with the team and away with the 21s to hopefully get game time."

The midfielder went on to thank his teammates and the medical staff at Chelsea for keeping him positive throughout the ordeal, adding that he hopes to be able to repay their faith on the pitch in the near future.

“I was always happy, the boys were very good with me when they saw me and talked about football and other stuff," he said. "That was good mentally. I was thinking about the injury all the time and that wasn’t a good thing, but I coped well.

“This was my first long-term injury and hopefully the last. Even the physios would speak to me every day and they would help me get back as quickly as possible.

“Hopefully when I come back after the international break I can start to kick on again, get over my injury and start playing games for the team. I can’t wait.”

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