St Mirren hope they've persuaded academy star Murray Campbell his future lies in Paisley.
The gifted 15-year-old is at present in Belfast with the Saints first staff, with supervisor Stephen Robinson a giant admirer of the younger defender.
He performed the whole second half of the Buddies’ snug 3-0 win towards Crusaders on Monday night time, and will effectively see extra minutes towards Linfield on Saturday afternoon.
Plenty of English Premier League golf equipment, together with Wolves, Crystal Palace and Leicester Metropolis, are all understood to be maintaining a eager eye on the Scotland Below-16 worldwide.
However St Mirren are hopeful he'll now signal a professional contract with the Buddies when he turns 16 subsequent month.
Robinson stated: “Murray Campbell is just 15 and was taking part in towards actually skilled Irish league gamers and coped rather well.
“Everybody has bought a chance to impress me now, particularly the youthful boys on this journey.
"There’s at all times an opportunity to make your mark, in coaching periods and in video games.”