Millwall have reportedly knocked back a bid for starlet Abdul Abdulmalik amid links with Rangers.
It has reported that the Steven Gerrard is among Abdulmalik's admirers with Swansea the first to make a move for the attacker.
Despite being offered a professional contract he has yet to agree fresh terms with the Championship side and the Swans, Arsenal and the Scottish Premiership champions are reportedly keen on Abdulmalik.
The South London Press report that the Lions rejected a bid from Swansea for the 18-year-old with sources at The Den dubbing the bid "derisory".
Boss Gary Rowett is desperate to hold on to the talent as he discusses plans to hand him his first-team breakthrough following interest from their rivals.
Rowett told the South London Press : “I know he is a player that the club have offered a new deal to. He’s a player that we think highly of, he has done really well in his first season at U23 level.
“He has trained with the first-team on numerous occasions. We don’t want to sell our younger players.
“It’s not something we want to happen, but we’re also aware that there are a lot of clubs trying to attract the best young players at other clubs – that’s just the nature of football. There are different ways to do that.
“We think he has a really good future and could challenge for our first team. It shows what good work the academy are doing.
"What you can’t change is sometimes a young agent trying to convince a young player that suddenly there is something better out there.
“We’ll continue to keep working hard, with all these players, to make them see their best opportunity of first-team football is here at Millwall. We’ve proved that.
“I would love to see Abdul stay at the club. He’s got a little bit of work to do, to take that next step."
