Billy Gilmour told Rangers return could get him back on track but Barry Ferguson gets realistic over transfer chances

Barry Ferguson reckons Billy Gilmour needs to move on from Brighton to get his career back on track - and says he'd love to see him back at Rangers.

The Ibrox academy talent has stalled since exploding onto the Chelsea first-team scene and his move to Brighton hasn't gone to plan. He's started just twice under new boss Roberto de Zerbi and hasn't been used at all since early February, with Moises Caicedo, Pascal Gross and Alexis Mac Allister all preferred.

But Gilmour remains one of Scotland's key players and Ferguson, writing in his Record Sport column, says he'd love to see him back at Rangers - but that doesn't mean he sees it happening. He said: "There's no bigger fan of Billy Gilmour than me. I’ve long seen the Brighton kid as the future of this Scotland (national team) side and I really think he’s the kind of player Steve Clarke will need if he’s to take his side to the next level. But the manager also needs him to be playing games and unfortunately his Seagulls move has fallen flat on the front.

"I feel for the wee man. He made the move to the south coast on the understanding that Graham Potter was a big fan of him - only for Potter to then just a few weeks later head in the direction from which Gilmour had just come after being hired by Chelsea.

"Since then, Brighton have really kicked on under Roberto de Zerbi and there’s been no chance for Billy to break back in. At 21, however, he needs to be playing more than the 10 games he’s registered this season, totalling a measly 334 minutes of club football.

"That’s why I think he should consider moving on again this summer. It’s a big decision and I get he won’t want to uproot again but for his sake - and Scotland’s - he needs to find somewhere that he’s going to get