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title: "West Ham United: Hammers wowed by reported Chelsea stance on midfielder Billy Gilmour"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-united-hammers-wowed-by-reported-chelsea-stance-on-midfielder-billy-gilmour/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-01-31T13:35:21Z"
modified: "2021-01-31T13:35:21Z"
---

# West Ham United: Hammers wowed by reported Chelsea stance on midfielder Billy Gilmour

**According to the Sun, as shared by [West Ham Fan Zone](https://twitter.com/WHUFCFZ/status/1355176427088465924) and [West Ham News](https://twitter.com/WHUFC_News/status/1355176840135122949), Chelsea are reluctant to loan promising young midfielder Billy Gilmour out as they don’t want to strengthen a ‘top four rival’ – prompting many Irons to buzz at this claim their London neighbours could be threatened by them.**

Gilmour is reportedly attracting David Moyes’ interest as the Blues allegedly gear up to loan Gilmour out to allow him to gain valuable experience and first-team football – but Chelsea are allegedly thinking twice about considering West Ham United as the destination.

Indeed, Thomas Tuchel’s side consider West Ham as a ‘direct top four rival’ and are therefore reluctant to do any business regarding a loan for the teenager.

Flocking to this claim that Chelsea could be threatened by the east Londoners, in a development supporters arguably didn’t expect at the beginning of the campaign, they voiced their excited opinions – with many Irons buzzing over how ‘massive’ they have become.

Find all of their best verdicts down below.

### West Ham fans buzz over Gilmour claim

***“I’ll take that”***

Credit: [@hammerlad](https://twitter.com/hammerlad/status/1355221459619213317)

***“I never believe The S\*n except for this one, we are massive, yes.”***

Credit: [@LukeTurnerEsq](https://twitter.com/LukeTurnerEsq/status/1355177067265056770)

***“MASSIVE CLUB AHAHAH”***

Credit: [@David\_wood99](https://twitter.com/David_wood99/status/1355311016998010881)

***“We are massive”***

Credit: [@Landsy2710](https://twitter.com/Landsy2710/status/1355195470465916935)

***“lol love it”***

Credit: [@realdjdontstop](https://twitter.com/realdjdontstop/status/1355177238044561422)

***“Massive”***

Credit:[@asaddkn](https://twitter.com/asaddkn/status/1355214177581805571)

***“The tide is turning lads! Before you know it we will be loaning them Baptise and other youngsters to help with there development as Chelsea are mid-table!”***

Credit: [@BubblesFC3](https://twitter.com/BubblesFC3/status/1355180926846832641)

***“This gotta be a wind up we’ve got London teams on the ropes”***

Credit: [@JackLeachman](https://twitter.com/JackLeachman/status/1355178969247735809)

***In other news: West Ham have reportedly made this ‘exciting’ attacker their top target, find out more[here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-ham-transfer-rumours/west-ham-united-gsb-eye-late-swoop-for-joshua-king-as-he-becomes-main-transfer-target/)***