BAYERN MUNICH'S Scottish starlet Liam Morrison has revealed having Miroslav Klose – the World Cup's all-time top scorer – as his coach has massively improved his game.

The 16-year-old made the incredible move from Celtic to the Bundesliga this summer after being part of Neil Lennon's pre-season squad who toured Austria and Switzerland.

This week, Morrison returned home to captain Scotland Under 17s as they qualified for the Elite Round stage next year following wins in Stirling over Iceland and Armenia before they lost to Croatia after they had already qualified.

In fact, so highly do Bayern rate Morrison now, SFA chiefs had to spend a month negotiating with the German giants to release him for the qualifying games because they wanted him to stay in Munich. Morrison showed how much he has progressed in the three games and even bagged a double when Brian McLaughlin's young Scots beat Iceland 2-1.

He's a regular for Bayern's Under 17s side who are managed by World Cup winner Klose, with the legendary striker the tournament's all-time leading scorer with 16 goals.

As if that isn't enough, Morrison is also coached by former Bayern Munich. Manchester City and Argentina stopper Martin Demichelis, who won 11 major honours with Bayern before moving into coaching.

And Morrison admits he couldn't get a better education.

He said: "The first time I went into the camp and saw Miroslav Klose I was like 'wow.' I was used to watching him at World Cups on the TV and now he was my coach.

"It's just incredible when you think what a top-level player he was that he now gives his time to younger kids.

"It's an amazing experience for me just to be at the club. It's a different world out there and so professional. Miroslav obviously has got bags of experience being a World Cup winner as well as being record goalscorer.

"It's brilliant getting advice off him and all the other coaches too like Martin Demichelis who was an incredible centre-back. The experience the coaches have of top clubs and the amount of time they put in to help young players like me can only help me so much.

"Miroslav is so passionate about the game. Even when we are scoring goals against the lesser teams in the league he's still celebrating like mad! You know he's really enjoying it and that's the type of coach I like. It's just a great place for me to learn."

Morrison, who was previously on Rangers' books before moving to Celtic, insists he has no regrets about moving to Germany and believes his game is improving hugely.

When he signed, he stated his ultimate ambition is to become the best defender in the world and he's set out a pathway to play in the Allianz Arena.

He said: "I play with the Bayern Under 17s at the moment. It's a regional league, but we play in the Bayern Campus and the stadium is magnificent. We get a good attendance to watch us even at this level. And we get to go to all the home games too so that's brilliant because the atmosphere in the Bundesliga is magic.

"From my experience at Celtic, the training is very similar. Possession, shape, trying to get a balance. But at Bayern the intensity is different – it's forward, forward, forward, running and being super fit.

"At the start it was hard for me obviously, moving from a different country at a young age. But there's two boys here from England and that's made it a lot easier for me to speak to them. But the German boys do as much as they can to help me too and speak to me in English.

"I'm taking language lessons obviously. The first month I was doing it a lot, but since the games have started back I'm not quite had the same time. It's a hard language to learn, but I am learning it.

"Hopefully, by Christmas time I will be up with the 19s and then hopefully I can progress to the Under 23s who are Bayern II, who play in Bundesliga 3. And then the plan is to eventually move into the first team which would be the dream.

"It was a big, big move for me but it was also hard for my family and my little brother, who is missing seeing me every day in the house. But it's good to see them all when they come over."

And Morrison credits his time at the SFA Performance School at Grange Academy as being instrumental in his rapid progress.

He said: "The Performance School has been massive in my development. I had a great coach in James Grady, who gave me the tips I needed. Just playing football every day gave me a massive boost."