“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.”
While Miller’s call-up has not “sunk in yet” as “it’s kind of all happened so quickly” but says it was “a proud moment” for himself and his family, especially father Lee, the former Aberdeen and Scotland striker.
“It was a surreal moment, because I thought 21s was what I was going to and then I obviously found out after training,” the teenager said.
“I was getting pictures with my Scotland flag expecting to be in the 21 squad and I just had that in my head. It probably helped that I didn’t expect it – it was just a proud moment to get in the A squad so young.”
Since breaking into the Motherwell first-team as a 16-year-old in 2022, he has played 68 times for the Scottish Premiership club, has been linked with a number of top clubs around Europe but admits it will “be weird” to be rubbing shoulders with players he has watched on television playing in the Premier League and Champions League.
“There’s people in my position like your Billy Gilmours, your John McGuinns, who’ve had excellent careers so far and taken wee bits from their game and you’ve also got the experienced players like Andy Robertson, and you want to take wee bits from him,” he said.
Well boss Wimmer thinks Miller “deserves” the call up, adding: “He’s a brilliant player and a great talent. He would be ready to start for Scotland. I saw his quality and work ethic early on.”
As for Miller being linked with a move away from Fir Park, the German added: “He wants to learn and has the quality and attitude to rise to the very top. But he’s focused on day to day, not looking too far ahead.”
