Swansea have had a £250,000 offer for teenage Barnet striker Matt Stevens rejected.

Garry Monk has been impressed by the 17-year-old who has scored more than 50 goals for Barnet’s Under 18 side this season.

Stevens was released by Reading last summer despite scoring 32 goals for their Under 16s but Barnet manager Martin Allen snapped him up.

Swansea manager Garry Monk has tabled a bid for Matt Stevens but Barnet have rejected the opening offer

He had been playing as midfielder but Allen moved him up front this summer and he has responded with a glut of goals.

Stevens became to the youngest player ever to turn out for Barnet when he came on as a substitute against Alfreton last September and could well get more of a chance in the first-team in League Two next season after the club won promotion from the Conference.

Premier League clubs have had the player scouted extensively over the past 10 months, but Swansea are the first to test Barnet’s resolve.

Martin Allen signed Stevens after he was released by Reading last summer and deployed him as a striker

Stevens has flourished under Allen, saying earlier this season: ‘I think he is a real great manager. He looks after his players. Like the older boys, he is always asking how they feel and if they are all right to train and things like that.