Dulwich Hamlet`s Jay-Rich Baghuelou has headed straight on trial to Reading after Charlton Athletic failed to secure the young defender on a deal.
The teenager, from Croydon, has hooked up with the Championship side this week.
And Dulwich manager Gavin Rose believes the level of interest in centre-back Baghuelou, 18, means it is only a question of which professional club he signs for.
`He went on trial to Charlton last season and it carried on into this season,` said Rose. `The truth of the matter is he did really well there and had been offered a deal in principle but due to finances at the club they were unable to do anything about it.
`He has got four or five suitors after him. I`d probably expect him to get a contract because there are another three or four clubs who want him to go in with them.
`He played a full season in our academy and some games in the first team last year.`