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Joe will net stars of future
Now he wants his new website to help Scottish football unearth
them.
Manchester United ace Chicharito came on to Sir Alex Ferguson's
radar after he saw clips of him playing online.
The Mexican magician is now one of United's best players and
that inspired Celtic legend Miller to launch his new business
venture viascout.com.
The site allows players the world over to upload videos of
themselves in the hope of catching the eye of clubs.
And Miller revealed a chat with his old Aberdeen boss Sir Alex
convinced him he was on to a winner using the web to find future
stars.
He said: "It's something I'm really passionate about. Players
like Chris Smalling, Owen Hargreaves and Chicharito were all picked
up through the web.
"I know that story from Sir Alex. He sent his scout to Mexico
for a month and told him 'Don't come back without him'.
"The technology is there so the time is right to take advantage
of it.
"There are kids out there. clubs just don't have the resources
to send people to watch them.
"If we get these kids' details out there then clubs can tap into
it. The prospect of finding a kid like Hernandez through our site
has to be the dream."
