CHELSEA have won the race to sign Rangers wonderkid Billy Gilmour.
The 15-year-old was being chased by a whole host of Europe’s elite, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona.
But according to Goal.com, a visit to Chelsea’s Cobham training complex has convinced the Scot to sign on with Antonio Conte’s Premier League pacesetters.
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The London club will have to fork out a whopping £500,000, but he won’t be able to move until he is 16 – on June 11.
In January this year, SunSport exclusively revealed how Arsenal stepped up their bid to try to pinch Gilmour from under the noses of Chelsea.
It is believed Rangers gave the Gunners permission to whisk the starlet and his family to London.
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The 15-year-old was given the all-star treatment and watched the club’s Under-16s play a game.
Gilmour was joined on the sidelines by Arsenal’s academy head of scouting Steve Morrow.
Scouts from England’s big guns, as well as the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, watched him impress for Scotland in the Victory Shield earlier this season.
And now it appears Chelsea have bagged the star talent.
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