Brighton boss Fabian Huerzeler has spoken to Billy Gilmour about his future.
The Scottish midfielder did not play in a friendly against Villarreal, which they won 4-0.
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His young coach Heurzeler knows there is interest in Gilmour from Napoli, but does not want to sell.
Asked about Gilmour’s state of mind, Huerzeler said: “I had talks with him and I said to him how I see him, how my plans are with him this season.
“The rest, we will see.”
Asked why he was absent from the friendly, the head coach replied: “It is the case that he was back but we have to adapt him to our intensity in training.
“I think last time we started a little bit too early, now we do it with a bit more attention for the player.
“We do some pieces of training and I think on Tuesday he will be back.”