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Premier League clubs eye Dulwich Hamlets duo

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King Binny

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Skysports.com understands that a number host of Premier League clubs are keep tabs on Dulwich Hamlets starlets Quade Taylor and Paul McCallum.

Top-flight clubs Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and West ham are all tracking the youngsters along with League One outfit Southampton.

The club are understood to be dispatching scouts to Tuesday's Championship Manager Cup fourth round clash with Romford in order to assess their ability.

Midfielder Taylor is expected to be named captain for the contest while striker McCallum, who is the leading scorer in this year's FA Youth Cup, has already been subject of a rejected bid from Reading.

The pair are still very much part of manager Gavin Rose's squad, although it remains to be seen whether increased offers will be enough to tempt Dulwich into doing business.
 
Fourteen clubs have expressed an interest in Dulwich Hamlet's Paul McCallum - with Premier League champions Chelsea the latest to make contact over the striker.

The 18-year-old from Streatham will play a trial game for West Ham as the Ryman Division One South side honour an agreement with the east Londoners, reports the South London Press

McCallum hit a hat-trick for Dulwich on Saturday as they beat Sittingbourne 3-0 at Champion Hill.

But Boss Gavin Rose says the amount of enquiries - only two of those are from sides outside the Premier League and Scottish Premier League - mean that other teams will have to come and see McCallum in action for Hamlet as they make up their minds about offering him a deal.

"What we're trying to ascertain is which are serious about taking the lad on," said Rose.

"Viewing 14 clubs just isn't viable and as a contracted player he shouldn't need to do that. Someone has got to seize the opportunity to take him.

"They are all massive clubs but some of them are more proactive about wanting to come and see him while others want him in their own environment.

"The best thing that can happen is that someone signs him and puts him and us out of our misery!

"Paul is quite a late developer - especially at a competitive level.

"He's played a lot of Sunday football for a men's team but he did that for fun. The competitive side has only really kicked in at the back end of last season when he joined us.

"He's taking all this in his stride. He sees it as an adventure, and that's refreshing. He never thought he was going to get this sort of interest and he is riding with it rather than turning it into a massive issue."
 
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