Brighton reject £8million offer from European giants for Billy Gilmour as Antonio Conte eyes up ex-Chelsea star

Brighton have rejected an £8million provide from Napoli for Billy Gilmour, talkSPORT understands.

However the south coast outfit aren’t ruling out an exit for the 23-year-old, who solely joined the membership from Chelsea for £9m in 2022.

The Seagulls could possibly be tempted to money in on Scotland worldwide Gilmour if Napoli are keen to pay within the area of £12m.

It stays to be seen whether or not the Serie A giants will return with an improved provide, with Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler prone to need a swift conclusion to any deal.

Gilmour featured commonly for Brighton final season – enjoying 41 video games in all competitions.

However he’s dealing with an unsure future on the Amex Stadium following the exit of earlier boss Roberto De Zerbi.

And will he make the transfer to Napoli, he could be reunited with former Blues supervisor Antonio Conte.

Whereas it was Frank Lampard who handed Gilmour his Chelsea debut, the midfielder’s first season within the membership’s academy was throughout Conte’s remaining marketing campaign in west London.

Gilmour may be joined by his ex-Chelsea teammate Romelu Lukaku, who’s eager too link-up with Conte as soon as once more after profitable the Serie A title collectively at Inter Milan in 2021.

He would even be the second high-profile Scotsman within the Italian top-flight, together with his worldwide teammate Lewis Ferguson thriving at Bologna.

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It has already been a busy summer season at Brighton, who’ve made 5 first-team signings.

Brighton forked out £30million to signal winger Yankuba Minteh from Newcastle, whereas additionally nabbing Mats Wieffer from Feyenoord in a £25m deal.

That’s along with shelling out £16m on ahead Ibrahim Osman from Nordsjaelland, in addition to round £6m on midfielder Malick Junior Yalcouye from Goteborg.

And so they even fended off competitors from fellow Premier League sides in addition to Borussia Dortmund to safe the providers of ex-Arsenal starlet Amario Cozier-Duberry on a free switch.