The Norwich fans may not have believed the Billy Gilmour hype but Callum McGregor certainly does.
It’s been a tough year for the Scotland kid on loan from Chelsea at Carrow Road.
Booed by the Canaries faithful and branded a flop by the local media down there, a season to forget for the 20-year-old was completed when Dean Smith’s side were relegated from England’s top flight with four games to spare.
It’s been a boot to the haw maws certainly, but McGregor has been shocked by the kicking dished out to his young Scotland midfield sidekick as his reputation as one of the Premier League’s hottest young talents took a beating.
Gilmour now hopes to put his East Anglian agony behind him having joined up with Steve Clarke’s Scotland squad ahead of Wednesday’s Ukraine showdown.
And Celtic skipper McGregor has already seen enough of Gilmour’s steely resolve to be sure his nightmare in Norfolk is merely a bump on the road that will one day surely to lead him to greatness.
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“Listen, he’s a young kid and everybody goes through this,” insisted McGregor. “You come in, you start on fire, you have a little dip and then you come back.
“I watch Billy every day in training and he’s top level.
“He’s confident with the
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