Derek McInnes sent an impassioned Rangers letter as Hotline frantically pleads with him to avoid a bed of nails

Record Sport's star columnists Chris Sutton and Barry Ferguson have both weighed in on the prospect of Lennon Miller heading to Celtic and Rangers.

But Motherwell fans have hit the Hotline to warn the pair to keep their hands off – as the wonder kid is destined for bigger things. James McCaw emailed: “Here we go again. First Barry Ferguson and now Chris Sutton urging the Old Firm to snap up the best young talent and rather patronisingly suggest they could loan him back to get better by playing regularly (except against them). Lennon Miller is proving to be an exceptional talent and will probably go on to bigger and better teams than either of those two. As a Motherwell fan I can only wish him the best of futures.”

Meanwhile, Philippe Clement remains up against it at Rangers and the talk of Derek McInnes won’t go away. Hugh McKirdy emailed: “I'd advise McInnes to think hard should the Rangers job become available. He’s doing well at Killie and has control of the football side. The job at Ibrox is a bed of nails at the moment due to Celtic's domination of the Champions league purse.”

Alex Morrison emailed: “Why would Rangers want to appoint McInnes? Played Celtic 55 times and been lost 44 with only eight wins, getting hammered many a time. Yet he sets his team up to give Rangers a game every time.” Reo Hatate avoided a red card at Killie the other week but one caller didn’t miss the officials after VAR chiefs admitted it was the wrong call.

Chris Lowe, Yoker, said: “So the VAR team have decided that the Hatate foul at Kilmarnock was a red card after the damage is done. It’s the same officials making the same mistakes that always benefit the same club – just like in four out of five Old Firm games last season They should