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Chelsea star Billy Gilmour models his game on three players including former Arsenal midfielder

Chelsea youngster Billy Gilmour says he models his game on former Blues midfielder Cesc Fabregas.

The 18-year-old, who grew up watching the Monaco star at his very peak, continues to develop as one of the club's most promising talents.

And Gilmour has revealed that he has modelled his game on his former teammate, who he was able to witness up close on the Cobham training pitch during the back end of last season.

"We had to analyse our own game and compare it to a player so I thought I'd chose Fabregas," Gilmour told BT Sport.

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"Growing up it was Iniesta, Xavi and Fabregas, they were the players I base my game around."

Fabregas' career took off across the City as an Arsenal player, but at Chelsea, he won the Premier League twice and pulled on the shirt nearly 200 times.

"Fabregas' one-touch play and playing around the corner, how he could get out of tight areas, it was incredible," Gilmour continued.

"There was no better player to pick and when I came into first-team training a few times when he was there, it was great to see him.

"I could watch him in training and see how he put it into a game.

"I was trying to take some of that stuff from training with him and take it into my game."

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