'Zam loves Gloucester, there is no doubt about that and he can do special things with the ball with his out-and-out gas. Players like Zam are always going to get approaches and in all honesty these days whether you are in contract or not people get approached and there are deals and negotiations to be done. I am careful what I say because we are talking to lots of people and there is lots of stuff up in the air. Speaking in his midweek press conference ahead of facing Leicester Tigers this weekend, Gloucester director of rugby Skivington said: “It is that time of year when there are lots of rumours. Gloucester quickly recognized his talent and handed the youngster a lucrative contract, but his current deal is understood to come to an end at the end of the season, sparking a potential bidding war that the Cherry and Whites will struggle to match despite their desire to keep him at the club. The rest as they say is history, with Rees-Zammit scoring 29 tries for the club in the Premiership, including a score in Sunday’s 25-24 defeat to Exeter Chiefs, with a further five in the Champions Cup, with a strike rate of better than a touchdown in every other game. READ MORE: Gloucester Rugby struck with another ‘devastating’ injury blow as star forward goes under the knife His talents were quickly recognised and at just 18 years and 70 days, the Welshman became the Cherry and Whites’ youngest player in the Premiership when he made his debut in that competition against Bath at Kingsholm back in 2019.

Penarth-born Rees-Zammit came through the Gloucester academy having moved to the county to study at rugby finishing school Hartpury College. Rees-Zammit is still only 22 years old but is regarded as one of the most dangerous and fastest wingers in the game having already become a British and Irish Lions Test player. George Skivington accepts Gloucester Rugby face stiff competition to keep winger Louis Rees-Zammit beyond this season with a number of well-financed French Top 14 heavyweights interested in signing the Welsh international star according to the latest reports.

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