Billy Gilmour is waiting to hold talks with Thomas Tuchel over his Chelsea future after returning to the club following his Norwich City loan spell.
The 21-year-old had a season to forget at Carrow Road after joining last summer under Daniel Farke, before he was replaced by Dean Smith who couldn’t keep the Canaries up as they were relegated back to the Championship.
Gilmour found it difficult to find his feet in Norfolk, playing just 21 times in all competitions, and was the subject of abuse from the Norwich supporters during his loan.
It came after a successful season at Chelsea, winning the Champions League, putting the Scotland international back at square one, heading back to Chelsea needing to prove himself again.
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He joined the squad for their United States tour but didn’t feature in the 2-1 win against Club America, and now he has left the first-team group to link up with the Development Squad in Salt Lake to collect match minutes.
His future is now unclear, Everton have shown interest, but a decision has yet to be made by the club, Tuchel and Gilmour.
“I’m a confident player,” responded Gilmour, when asked by The Telegraph if his Norwich spell would put him off going out on loan again.
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“I’m back at Chelsea working hard in pre-season and then see what happens at the end. I’ve not had any conversation (with the manager) yet.
"I just need to wait and see when he speaks to me.”
Gilmour reflected on the spell at Norwich City and the hard times, including his parents not turning up to watch him due to the vocal fans.
“It was a difficult season,” added Gilmour.
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“I went there with the idea of trying to play my best and some games it worked and some games it didn’t, so I took some experience from that and it will help me going forward.”
He added on the abuse suffered: “It’s the fans’ opinion. They come to watch games and pay for their ticket and they shout, but that has happened and it wasn’t nice to hear.
"I gave it my all and tried to work hard every game.
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“Of course, it’s hard (not to let it get to you). It was also hard for my family. When you’ve got family in the stands and they’re shouting that it’s never nice, but I would just get my head down. I know what I’m good at, I’ll work hard on the field and try to get back.
“Of course it’s not nice. They stopped coming to the games, so it wasn’t nice. They weren't coming down for games at the weekend, just staying in the house.
“I just got my head down and worked. We had a good team, good players in the changing-room who all stuck by each other. It was tough, coming towards the end of the season, we all knew that. So I just had to get my head down, work hard in training and try to perform at the weekend.”
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