Ousman Manneh is set to be handed the chance to make the step up into Werder Bremen's first team just one year after arriving in Germany as an immigrant from Gambia.
Manneh, 18, arrived in Germany from the African nation as an unaccompanied minor last year.
The attacker was trained in the Rush Soccer Academy in the Gambian coastal town of Bakau from 2004 onwards but, for reasons he has yet to reveal, he migrated to northern Germany and joined up with the Blumenthaler SV to the north of Bremen.
Once he started scoring for the club's under-19 side, local scouts took notice and, when he became eligible to sign a contract on his 18th birthday in March this year, he joined Werder Bremen.
He has impressed with the Bundesliga club's under-23 side in Germany's third tier and made a major impact on his first appearance for the senior side this week when he scored four goals in 15 minutes in a 7-0 friendly victory over minnows SV Wilhelmshaven.
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"This here is where I want to be, and I'm working hard for it," Manneh told Kreiszeitung after the match.
Former Germany international Torsten Frings, who currently works as assistant coach at Bremen, said: "He called a lot of attention to himself and has shown that he can be interesting for us too. He's on our radar."
At the weekend, Bremen travel to London to meet West Ham in a preseason friendly, and Frings added: "It's possible that he starts training with us immediately. There is also the question of whether he makes the trip to London so we can test him there."
In the long run, Manneh could hand a much-needed boost to Bremen's attack after Franco Di Santo's transfer to Schalke at the weekend.
Bremen boss Viktor Skripnik told the SID news agency: "Should he continue to make a name for himself in the third league, I am fully convinced that he can not only train with us but also play."
However, Skripnik warned that talent "counts for only 20 percent" for players looking to make the step up and added: "He needs to keep working hard and meticulously."