Scotland coach Steve Clarke is delighted seeing Billy Gilmour making an early impact with Norwich City.
The Chelsea loanee has started each of Norwich's three Premier League fixtures this season - in which they are yet to pick up a point - but Clarke believes the exposure will benefit the midfielder, who appeared just 11 times for the Blues last season.
"It's good to see Billy playing regularly," said Clarke ahead of his side's World Cup qualifier against Denmark.
"Obviously, his team has had a tough start, but I think it'll be good for his development to play in a side which doesn't have 70-per-cent possession and all of the best players on the pitch.
"It's going to be a good year for Billy in terms of his education. He's a good player, he'll adapt to the situation and learn from it.
"When he played for us against England at Wembley during the Euros, he was fresh and his legs were good for 65-70 minutes and then they fell off a little bit.
"Going into this game, he's had a full pre-season with Norwich and he's played the majority of the minutes in all of their games. He'll be fine. He's a great addition to what we already have in midfield."
A lot is expected of Gilmour, for both his country and his parent club, who have previously been reluctant to farm his out on loan.
"I think it's credit to Billy's abilities that they didn't loan him out when he was 17 or 18, they kept him in the squad and kept working with him," added Clarke.
"I spoke to Frank Lampard a number of times about him and he loved him. He hasn't had the same opportunities since Thomas Tuchel took over, but I'm not knocking him because he's gone in there and done a great job.
"We (Clarke and Gilmour) had a little chat over the course of the summer when we were together. Billy was driving it, he was saying he needed to play. It's going to be interesting.
"I watched his first game against Liverpool at Carrow Road. He's going to have to adapt his game, he's going to have to find a different game.
"Sometimes the challenge is to play against the best players every week and play against a team that's better than you."
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