The Young Socceroos striker, who broke through for the Reds under the tutelage of Josep Gombau last season, underlined his progress by coming off the bench to score his club's second in its Round 3, 2-0 win over Perth Glory.

It was Mabil's first A-League appearance for the Reds this season, having played 60 minutes in their 3-1 FFA Cup quarter-final win over Sydney FC on his return from U-20s national team duty in Myanmar.

The Sudanese refugee - who dreams of one day playing for Manchester United - made 21 appearances last season and is contracted at Coopers Stadium until mid-2017.

Reds coach Josep Gombau will have the final say on whether to permit his young protege to journey to the Netherlands to take up the offer.

When asked to confirm Ajax's approach on Sunday night in the wake of a victory over Glory which took the Reds joint top of the A-League, a club official declined to comment.

Ajax's interest in the youngster comes just days after Dutch media reported that Australia winger Tommy Oar - who is out contract with FC Utrecht in June - is being lined up to replace Dane Lasse Schone at the Amsterdam club at the end of the season.

The defending Dutch champion, coached by Netherlands great Frank De Boer, sits a point adrift of Eredivisie leader PSV after 10 games.

The Netherlands is also home for Australian trio Luke Wilkshire (Feyenoord), Eli Babalj (AZ Alkmaar) and Trent Sainsbury (FC Zwolle).