Sign Miller for Celtic, keep Kuhn and blow Rangers out the water – Chris Sutton

It would make sense for Celtic to make a move for Lennon Miller in January – but there would be none whatsoever in cashing in on Nicolas Kuhn.

You know it’s international week when fans start filling the void with transfer talk and all these what-ifs. But there’s also no smoke without fire and there’s been plenty of heat around Motherwell’s prized asset and Celtic’s player of the season so far. In terms of Miller. I can understand where people are coming from. He’s clearly a top prospect and arguably the best young player in Scotland. Of course Celtic will know all about him. They would be silly not to be keeping tabs on him.

Miller has played more than 50 games for Motherwell and has been a stand out in most of them. There was an impressive performance against Celtic recently in there too – and that will not have gone unnoticed by Brendan Rodgers. The issue for Miller – and Celtic – is whether he’d get in the team right now. You’ve got to say that wouldn’t be the case.

You look at Luke McCowan. I think he’s done superbly well since arriving from Dundee and he looks every inch a Celtic player. But you could argue he’s fifth in line for a midfielder slot at the moment – with Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate, Arne Engels and Paulo Bernardo all in front of him. Is Miller going to nudge any of them out right now? Unlikely.

He’s definitely one for the future though. The key for him is playing every week. That’s why I can see the merit in signing him now and loaning him out, either back at Motherwell or somewhere else. I know it might not be a popular opinion at Fir Park or elsewhere, but I always think the best Scottish players should be moving to Celtic – or Rangers – and the money staying in the country.

When I was at Parkhead,