Celtic are the favourites to land a deal for Motherwell sensation Lennon Miller despite facing competition from Rangers.
That is according to former Man United chief scout and Sir Alex Ferguson number two, Mick Brown, who remains very well-connected within the game, as he exclusively told Football Insider that Celtic will outmuscle their rivals financially.
This comes after Football Insider revealed on 3 November that Rangers will struggle to land the midfielder due to their ongoing financial situation.
Miller, 18, has attracted interest from the top Scottish outfits and abroad after his excellent start to the season at Fir Park.
He has featured 18 times already this season, starting all 11 of their league games so far and all but one of their seven League Cup fixtures before the semi-final defeat to Rangers.
Both Celtic and Rangers have put extra emphasis on landing the best young, Scottish talent in recent years, with Miller the latest on their list.
Brown, meanwhile, has claimed Celtic’s current domestic dominant has given them the edge in the race to land the Motherwell star.
Celtic tipped to beat Rangers in race to sign Lennon Miller
Football Insider revealed on 2 November that Celtic have an advantage over their rivals in the race to secure the 18-year-old’s signature.
Now, Brown, who has a wealth of experience in top-level player recruitment after over a decade at Man United during their most successful period, has echoed those reports and insisted Brendan Rodgers’ side are the current front-runners.
“Both clubs have put an emphasis on signing Scottish talents,” he told Football Insider.
“But you do worry a bit for Rangers, because they’re being outmuscled financially, and that restricts the type of players they can bring in.
“The choice, if he’s going to stay in Scotland that is, will be between Celtic and Rangers.
“It usually comes down to which club is top at any given time, particularly when they both go on runs of winning so many league titles in a row.
“At the moment, that’s Celtic, and Rangers have been struggling. So they’re definitely the favourites.
“They’ve got the financial power and the success in the league to attract anybody in the league.
“So it doesn’t surprise me that they’re both looking at Miller, but Celtic have the advantage in that particular race when you look at it on paper.”
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