Lennon Miller to Celtic for £5.3m is the first major transfer rumour of the January window that we’ve reported on anyway. Here’s the story, make of it what you will…
The Fitbaw Gospel account on Facebook always coms across as sensible and certainly not sensationalist so when they claim to have an exclusive story it’s worthy of a mention, especially when it all seems to make perfect sense.
They are saying that both Celtic and theRangers want to sign Motherwell’s teenage talent Lennon Miller in January and have supplied details on the valuations that both clubs appear to have for the player.
Apparently theRangers ceiling is £3.5m plus add-ons and they aren’t willing to go beyond that. This appears to be ‘inadequate’ as far as Motherwell position is concerned.
Meanwhile Celtic are apparently preparing a £5.3m bid for Lennon Miller with add-ons that could take the deal up to £6.5m depending on overall appearances, Champions League appearances and title wins. Celtic are also offering a substantial sell-on fee with The Fitbaw Gospel pointing out that Motherwell are well aware that Celtic have a much better record at achieving high transfer fees that the latest Ibrox club.
And there’s more, the Celtic deal will include a loan-back to Motherwell for six months so the player will be able to play for the Fir Park side all season but crucially Motherwell will receive the cash in January.
There’s a mention that Celtic are keen on getting this deal done before Premier League interest in the player grows, with both Liverpool and Newcastle quoted.
Motherwell’s valuation according to this account is around £8m but with Celtic offering a 20% sell-on clause and with the Parkhead club’s excellent track record, this deal appears to tick all the boxes. If this deal goes through then it will be the most expensive deal ever between two Scottish clubs, beating the £4.5m Celtic paid to Hibs when Scott Brown was signed.
Here’s the text from The Fitbaw Gospel’s Post…
EXCLUSIVE: Celtic FC are set to blow Rangers FC (sic)out the water in the pursuit of Motherwell star Lennon Miller. Both of Glasgow’s big two are keen to sign the highly rated 18 year old.
Rangers have enquired about the midfielder but aren’t willing to go above £3.5m (+add ons), which Motherwell believe to be inadequate.
Celtic on the other hand are prepared to make the teenager the most expensive signing between two Scottish clubs OF ALL TIME.
The Hoops are preparing a £5.3m January bid (including add ons that could take it over £6.5m depending on appearances, Champions League appearances and title wins, as well as a healthy sell-on fee as a sweetener).
They will also offer him back to Motherwell on a 6-month loan deal to get it over the line – meaning he won’t move to Parkhead until the summer but the Fir Park club will get the cash upfront in January
Celtic are keen to get the deal done before next summer when the likes of Liverpool and Newcastle could make a move.
Motherwell believe he is worth around £8m but will likely be swayed by the sell on fee (believed to be around 20%) with Celtic’s recent record of selling players for around £20m+
A £5.3m deal alone would put him ahead of Scott Brown (Hibs to Celtic for £4.5m), Duncan Ferguson (Dundee United to Rangers for £4m) and David Turnbull (Motherwell to Celtic for £3.75m) as the most expensive player ever to move between two Scottish clubs.
Thoughts on this Celtic and Well fans?
You write fiction all the time.
That said, this time you could have stopped at Champions League appearances when it came to the rangers!
Young Miller is a smashing player with huge potential. Rodgers is presumably keen to get a deal done early as if some English teams arrive on scene it’s game over. He would flourish under Rodgers and COULD, I say COULD be the long term replacement for Calmac?
Could be well something in such a rumour all the same imo?
As much as our summer transfer business was decent, it still didn’t really address our homegrown quota requirements within the finalising of the 25man squad for this season either imo?
So, at present will forrest have another season in him, beyond this current one?
The longer this contract situation regarding Taylor drags on, the more it’s looking like he will be off also, at the end of the season imo?
Bain as a 3rd choice keeper, is only filling up numbers, and Monty is nowhere to be seen either?
So potentially 4 of the 8 currently have question marks surrounding them, and calmac isn’t getting any younger still?
And of course there’s Welsh, who does well to get into a SPFL match day squad these days?
So would say our homegrown quota requirements not only have to be addressed, but freshened up also, with next season and beyond in mind also?
So such a potential deal for lennon Miller would make sense, especially when we are currently regarding our homegrown quota requirements, and Miller also much further down the road in development terms, than what we might have coming through our own academy also imo?