Scotland performance director Malky Mackay hopes Billy Gilmour stays with Rangers.
The 15 year-old midfielder is expected to join Chelsea later this year.
But Mackay said: "Billy can have his pick in the summer and I had a conversation with his dad.
"I was asked to give him my experience as a player and coach in the past. But it's about the pathway — the quicker you can test yourself against men, the better.
"To be tucked into an academy with 20 other international-class teenagers, what chance are you going to get?
"I won't tell any club's players what to do. It was just about my experiences.
"At Watford, Ashley Young could have left at a young age but didn't — he opted to stay. Just three years later, Aston Villa came back to buy him for £9million before he moved to Manchester United."
Source: tribalfootball.com