Lennon Miller is a confident young man and rightly so given how his career has gone so far.
At just the age of 18, the midfielder is Motherwell’s best player and one of the top stars in the Scottish Premiership over the past couple of seasons.
So much so that he has been on the radar of some enormous clubs like Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool, among others.
In terms of concrete offers, Serie A side Udinese saw two bids rejected in January, the season believed to have reached just £2.5million with the Steelmen looking for close to double that.
Celtic were also strongly linked while Union Saint-Gilloise are said to be lining up a £5m swoop with a plan to develop him for sister club Brighton.
Miller was called up to the Scotland squad for the upcoming Nations League double-header against Greece as his meteoric rise continues.
Scotland coach John Carver names Lennon Miller mistake
Miller admitted his surprise at being in the full squad after expecting to be with the 21s again. But, confident as ever, he insisted he would be ready to start if called upon.
He even went one step further and insisted he could become the best player in the Scotland team within a matter of months.
Steve Clarke’s right-hand-man John Carver says it was a mistake to be so bullish and will be having a word with the player.
Speaking in a press conference yesterday, Carver said: “I’ve made the same mistake a few years ago and I was a lot older than him.
“But he’s a confident lad and there’s nothing wrong with being confident and believing in your own ability.
“He’s had a good season and he’s a good player – a very, very good player – and we all make mistakes, but he’s got to learn from it. The headline might have been taken out of context for sure.
“He’s a young player learning and needs a little bit of guidance.
“I made a similar mistake when I was a lot older, so I’ll talk to him and give him my experiences, but hopefully he’s learned from it because I did.”
What Miller said about Scotland prospects
“I’m confident in my own ability,” Miller said. “Obviously there’s loads of unreal midfielders in there and I’m just going to try and learn as much as I can from them, from everybody there and we’ll see what happens come Thursday.
“I’m obviously not going to go in and be the best player there, but I believe that I could maybe in a couple of months be the best player there.
“I think that’s how you need to think as a football player – you need to want to be the best.”