DStv Premiership club Cape Town Spurs confirmed they will not entertain any offers for wonderkid attacker Luke Baartman.
The 17-year-old teenage sensation has taken the DStv Premiership by storm.
On Wednesday, against Kaizer Chiefs, Baartman scored his debut goal.
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"Luke Baartman has been in our academy (Ajax Cape Town) since the age of nine," Spurs CEO Alexi Efstathiou tells KickOff.
"Development is working in South Africa if you do it right.
"I can't remember exactly where we spotted him, but at the time, he came to the club he was just nine years old and playing in the Under 12s.
"So, he was always the smallest kid in the group, and he could score goals.
"If I'm not mistaken, I think in one of the youth teams he holds the record of scoring the most goals, he scored 84 goals in a season.
"He's got that little bit of something special; he knows when to set the right timing, it's something that you can't teach players. He's got the X-factor.
"We are on top of him all the time to make sure he is at school, he is doing Grade 11, and we make sure his social life is looked after."
Efstathiou says they are aware very soon bigger teams will be knocking on their door for their gem.
"Yes, we know that will happen, but he is still young, we are going to nurture him, and hopefully, he move overseas.
"But at the moment we can't talk about things like that as he is still at school, he must finish school first, and he is still young, we got to get the balance right.
"At 17 he's still a child, and at the same time, he must still be a professional player. We just got to get the balance right and keep him on the ground."
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