Lennon Miller's unseen Celtic connection as Rangers told they SHOULD still be interested amid £4m Motherwell race

The suitor list for the Motherwell talent is rapidly growing

Brian McClair reckons Celtic should be interested in Motherwell wonderkid Lennon Miller - having let the midfielder slip through their fingers previously.

Miller was involved with the Celtic academy before making the switch to the youth ranks at Fir Park - and is in the midst of a rapid rise with the Steelmen having been the key man for Stuart Kettlewell's side so far this season. The Hoops and Rangers are said to have been keeping tabs on the 18-year-old while Premier League sides Liverpool and Southampton are said to be showing an interest in Miller with Motherwell aiming to land a £4million payday.

And former Celtic and Motherwell man McClair reckons that his two former clubs could link up for a deal with the January window fast approaching - while also telling Rangers they should be in the running for Miller's signature. However, he reckons that game-time will be a key factor in the midfielder's next move.

Speaking to Gambling.com he said: "What's critical for Lennon is that he's going to play. He could potentially be the very first name that the Motherwell manager chooses to play every week.

"If he's going to go somewhere, it'd have to be somewhere that he'd be confident of playing. Not guaranteed, because no one can be guaranteed a game - irrespective of who you are, or your transfer fee. But to go somewhere maybe that suits the idea and the style that you might want to play.

"He was at Celtic as a young lad and very much to Motherwell's delight, he wasn't happy there and he came back to Motherwell. So of course the top teams in Scotland would be interested in any young Scottish talent. Probably even more so now, because both Celtic and Rangers probably don't have enough homegrown players that are going to be playing ahead of some of the other players.

"So I could see him moving, but he'd want to play. Wherever he goes he's got to be thinking, ‘have I got a chance at playing?’ Go to a football club that plays in the kind of way that you would like to play, and where you have a great chance of playing. Playing is the whole reason that you become a professional football player.

"You want to play, and you want to play as many games as you can. He has improved quite rapidly over the last couple of years. If he stays at Motherwell, he gets to play and improve.

"He may then get the opportunity to play on the full-international stage. But of course Celtic should be interested, and so should Rangers."