Interest in the Fir Park star is growing at home and abroad with a big money exit expected this summer.Lennon Miller(Image: SNS Group)

Lennon Miller has his heart set on moving abroad and joining the increasing band of Scots tearing up the continent.

Celtic and Rangers remain linked with the Motherwell star who is expected to make a big money move from Fir Park this summer.

But the 18-year-old – who made his Scotland debut this month – wants to learn a new footballing style and culture.

As well as the Old Firm, Miller has interest from England, Italy, Germany, Belgium and France.

There’s been no official offers tabled for the playmaker yet this summer.

But new Motherwell boss Jens Berthel Askou admitted on Thursday he was planning for life without his star man.

And Miller’s dad Lee, the former Scotland striker, says he also expects the Well wonderkid to leave Fir Park in the next two months.

Italians Udinese had two offers knocked back in January and could return to the table while Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Strasbourg, Union Saint Gilloise and a host of English clubs have been linked.

Motherwell will demand a club record fee of over £5m for their prize asset.

And asked if this was the time for the teenager, who is in the last year of his Well contract, to move on, Miller senior said: “I think so, yeah.

“There’s a lot of interest in Lennon.

“In terms of bids going in for him, there’s nothing went in this summer.

“There were a few bids in January and the valuation of Lennon wasn’t met, so it’s one of those ones we’ll just wait.

“Lennon’s on holiday now, he’s chilling out, just relaxing. He’s ready for the season coming ahead but who knows where that’ll be.

“His preferable choice would be abroad.

“He’s not just going to go to a club for the sake of it. It needs to have the right environment, it needs to have the right manager, the right club.

“Lennon’s not bothered with the money side of things, that’ll come. Obviously it’s a short career and you need to earn money.

“But he wants to go and progress his career and then kick on again.

“So we’ll see. I don’t know what that’ll be. But it needs to be a place where he can then grow again.”

Miller came through the Well academy from the age of eight and made his debut six days after his 16th birthday in August 2022.

The midfielder has gone on to make 76 top tam appearances, captaining the side in last year’s League Cup semi final against Rangers, and winning his first Scotland caps against Greece and Liechtenstein earlier this month.

Lennon Miller captained the Steelmen at Hampden last season

Rubbing shoulders with Serie A Scots Scott McTominay, Billy Gilmour, Lewis Ferguson, Che Adams and Josh Doig whetted his appetite for a move abroad.

Now his dad hopes his future can be sorted soon.

He said: “Yeah. A bit of uncertainty isn’t great. Although, he just gets on with it, he just plays football, that’s what he’s there to do. .

“But the next move for Lennon is so important in terms of his development.

“His development is key in this.

“It needs to be the right move whether it’s abroad, whether it’s here.

“He needs to play football, he needs to develop because everything so far has went to plan.

“He’s played a number of first team games, he’s a recognised first team player now although he’s only 18.

“The next step has to be playing games again in a different environment, in a different culture.

“Learning a different way of playing, a different style of playing and learning different processes within the game because Lennon over the years having followed me, has studied the game.

“He studied the game really, really intensely so that’s why he is ahead of the game because he’s been to games with me and he wasn’t a kid that just had his iPad out with his phone.

“He watched every bit of every game. That’s why he looks so mature and he is so mature for his age.

“He plays the game like a 35-year-old who’s played 500 games first team so that’s a credit to him.”