Lennon Miller told to demand Rangers loan exit back to Motherwell after summer move.

Peter Martin has encouraged Lennon Miller to resist a move to Rangers or Celtic in the summer after transfer rumors flared up around the midfielder.

The PLZ Soccer journalist wrote for the outlet’s website on 27 February that Motherwell is a “great club” for the teenager to develop into “our next superstar”, and that he should push to be loaned straight back to Fir Park if an Ibrox or Parkhead deal is done at the end of the season.

The 17-year-old caught the eye with his assist for Blair Spittal against the Hoops on Sunday (25 February), prompting Charlie Mulgrew and James McFadden to clash over his future on Sky Sports, but Martin is convinced he needs to stay put and play rather than sit on the bench on either side of the Old Firm.

Martin wrote: “Lennon Miller, stay where you are, develop your skills, your game awareness and experience of playing regular top flight football.

“If say, Celtic or Rangers came calling in the summer, get your agent to hatch a deal that loans you back to Motherwell for the whole of next season…

“You are the best player in the team at 17, what will you be like at 18 heading to 19 years of age with seventy games under your belt?”

He admitted: “Yes, it’s a gamble, but I’d hate to see you warming the bench in one half of Glasgow, blue or green or anywhere else for that matter.

“I can hear many footballers and agents shouting out, get the move now. You are better on five or ten thousand a week at a large team than a few hundred at Motherwell.”