Gilmour glory makes him regret his snub by Juve

Gilmour glory makes him regret his snub by Juve

- BY FRASER WILSON

me not to get over-excited before there was a concrete offer, it was hard not to.

“Juventus sent a guy over to meet me and my family.

“We just talked football really. It wasn't anything like deals - just a meet-up over a meal.

“I remember getting a carbonara sauce and he said: ‘Carbonara?’

“I said: ‘Yeah, that’s Italian.’ He went: ‘No, that’s definitely not!’

“Maybe that's what put him off!

“They said they were going to make a bid. It was the best news I'd ever had - anybody at that age is going to think: 'Wow, this is mental.'

“But nothing happened. For it to come crashing down - it sort of set me back a wee bit mentally.

“But I've been in the game for a while now although I'm only 24.

“I've still got hopes and dreams that I can go back up to the level I was playing at.” Cochrane could be excused for having mixed emotions watching Gilmour tear it up in the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.

But he couldn't be happier for his old pal. He said: “I was at school with Billy, played in the same Rangers youth team then the Scotland age groups.