MELBOURNE Victory is set to offer teenage scoring sensation Andrew Nabbout a full-time professional contract in a bid to snuff out interest from rival A-League clubs.

Nabbout, who turns 20 next month, is playing as an amateur having been promoted from Victory's youth league squad into the first team.

It's mine: Andrew Nabbout in control against the Wanderers. Credit:Anthony Johnson

The teenager, an engineering student, is in talks with the club to sign a contract which would put him off limits from other clubs that could offer him a professional deal during the transfer window.

''We are negotiating with him on a deal which could be for a couple of seasons,'' Victory chief executive Richard Wilson said on Tuesday.