Billy Gilmour has received high praise following his impressive display against Liverpool on Tuesday - and now his idol Cesc Fabregas has spoken of the young Chelsea midfielder's quality.
Gilmour starred in Chelsea's FA Cup fifth round 2-0 win over Liverpool, earning plenty of plaudits from his manager Frank Lampard as well as Alan Shearer.
But it would have been Fabregas's comments on social media that will have pleased the 18-year-old the most.
Asked on social media how Fabregas thought Gilmour did, the former Chelsea midfielder wrote: 'Fantastic. Personality on the ball, intelligence in his decision making, always making angles to offer himself and has that bit of aggression in him which is very important specially in the Premier League.'
Lampard said after the game that Gilmour will get more chances to play for the first-team with his previous experience limited to League Cup matches against Grimsby and Manchester United and an FA Cup tie away at Chelsea.
Fabregas, who similarly pulled the strings in midfield as Gilmour did at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night, believes the young Scot has 'real potential'.
He added: 'When you have the quality but also the desire, the work ethic and the intelligence, then is when you can see real potential in a young player. He has all of that.'
Gilmour grew up watching Fabregas and a video on Chelsea's YouTube channel from December 2017 shows the youngster watching the Spanish midfielder in action.
While watching a clip of Fabregas, Gilmour comments: 'As a fellow midfielder, I look up to Cesc Fabregas in the Chelsea first team.
'What I'm doing here is analysing his game and putting stuff from his game into my game so I can make myself as an overall midfielder much better.