John Hartson says teenager wanted by Celtic ‘walks into’ Brendan Rodgers’ first team

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Brendan Rodgers is on course to dominate further in Celtic colours.

After returning to Glasgow last season, Rodgers has already won three trophies and he should bank another two before the season is out.

Celtic are on course for the Treble and have also made huge improvements in the Champions League following that cruel knockout blow by Bayern Munich.

But, Celtic will have to qualify for the Champions League campaign next season, which means those big games will start before the first ball is kicked for the 2025/26 Scottish Premiership season.

Given that scenario, then the champions-elect need to bring in new players as soon as possible, with John Hartson already backing one of them to ‘walk into’ Celtic’s first team.

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John Hartson says Lennon Miller ‘walks into’ Celtic’s first team

Lennon Miller has earned his maiden Scotland call-up and now he is going to lock horns with some of the best on the international stage.

It’s just the start for the 18-year-old and Hartson stated that every time he has watched the Motherwell star in action, he has ‘impressed me’, as he told Go Radio.

But Hartson went one further and added that Miller, right now, would ‘walk into the Celtic first team’, alongside captain, Callum McGregor.

“How good is Lennon Miller,” asked Hartson. “I have seen clips and I think he is a man almost playing in a young (man’s body). He is so mature. Every time I see him, he has impressed me.

“I said on this show, and a lot of people might have been surprised, but looking at Lennon Miller and rating him as much as I do. I have watched Celtic play almost every game this season. I think he walks into the Celtic team. The first team, alongside Callum McGregor.

“I know McCowan has come from Dundee and he has done very well. McCowan has had some games as well.

“So, for me, I think he has at that level of, he is ready now. He might not play every week. Celtic and Rangers. There will be a number of clubs monitoring his situation. There will be a lot of clubs in the picture, in terms of where he goes next.

“He might even stay where he is for a year or two and develop. But the demand for him will be so big and so high this summer. I think it’s inevitable he will move on.”

Miller vs Arne Engels stats

If Miller ‘walks into’ Celtic’s first team, then more than likely, he will take the place of summer signing, Arne Engels.

McGregor is a sure starter in his usual number-six role and then you have Reo Hatate as the number-eight, with that other spot now starting to become Engels’, but he had a really off-day against Rangers last time out.

Either way, how have Engels and Miller compared this season, with one playing for Scotland’s most dominant club, and the other repping the colours of a Motherwell side trying to push for the top six?!