Billy Gilmour opens up on the 'low time' he 耐えるd while struggling to break into Chelsea's first team, as he explains why his passion for fashion helps him relax ahead of 抱擁する summer for Scotland 星／主役にする and his country

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From the moment he burst on to the scene for Scotland at Wembley in the last European 選手権s, it was （疑いを）晴らす that Billy Gilmour would be a 悪賢い and stylish footballer.

配達するing a man-of-the-match 業績／成果 as Scotland drew 0-0 with England, Gilmour ran the show in midfield with a 業績／成果 which oozed class and composure.

On what was his first start at international level, and having only turned 20 the week before, the Tartan Army had a new hero.

Now three years 負かす／撃墜する the line, Gilmour will hope to 星／主役にする for Scotland once again when the Euros get 進行中で against hosts Germany in Munich next month.

The cover 星／主役にする for a Men’s Health Euros special on sale in Scotland, the little maestro has opened up on his 利益／興味 in fashion ― and how he would love to make a 声明 for Scotland this summer.

‘I remember getting the phone call about Burberry (when he was a young player at Chelsea) and すぐに thinking it was a 勝利，勝つd-up,’ said the Brighton midfielder.

‘It was something I really liked ― 最高の，を越す people in fashion styling you, getting make-up done. I’m from the west coast of Scotland ― it wasn’t what I was used to.

‘It took my mind off football and, weirdly, I 設立する it relaxing ― like doing this for Men’s Health. It’s something 完全に different.’

Three years ago, Gilmour was thrust into the limelight almost in the blink of an 注目する，もくろむ. His 業績／成果 at Wembley was testament to a 成熟 that was beyond his tender years.

Now a far more experienced 操作者, he has 設立するd himself with the 国家の team and also in the English 首相 League.

決定する d to make his 示す against the Germans and go beyond the group 行う／開催する／段階, he said: ‘Playing in the 開始 game, a curtain-raiser, is something every player wants to do in a major tournament.

‘I’m really, really excited to 代表する the country ― we believe in ourselves and we can go far.

‘When you 勝利，勝つ, there is no better feeling ― celebrating, 存在 happy, it means a lot. I definitely love winning more than I hate losing.

‘Losing is part of life; it just makes the happy moments more special. I’m loving my football, and I’m loving my life at the moment.’

Now settled and 設立するd at Brighton, Gilmour is in a far better place than when he 耐えるd a troubled 貸付金 （一定の）期間 at Norwich City in the season that followed the last Euros in 2021.

On 貸付金 from Chelsea at the time, it 証明するd to be a 実験（する）ing experience for the youngster at Carrow Road.

‘I went on 貸付金 to Norwich, which I thought would be good for me,’ he 追加するd. ‘It turned out to be a fight, a 戦う／戦い. I learned a lot. At the time, I didn’t enjoy it on the pitch.

‘It didn’t look like I was going 支援する to play at Chelsea ― when I was getting 選ぶd for Scotland, I wasn’t playing either ― so I was just a young kid and it was a low time for me.