Tottenham are considering a January move for Ebbsfleet striker Shilow Tracey, whose club are five levels below the Premier League.

Ebbsfleet play in the Vanarama National League South but Tracey, 17, has attracted interest with his performances for the club’s junior sides and was taken on trial by Spurs earlier in October.

Tracey also travelled with a Tottenham Under-18 squad to the IMG Cup in Florida this month, scoring in matches against local teams Baltimore Celtic and Jacksonville Armada. He also started last night’s final, which Spurs lost on penalties to Maccabi Haifa.

Tracey is considered one of the brightest young prospects outside the professional game and Spurs are only one of a number of clubs who have made checks on him, even though he has yet to play a game in Ebbsfleet’s league competition. Ebbsfleet lead the table by seven points and are on target for promotion.

“A number of Premier League clubs have come in for Shilow but we don’t want him to become a commodity, touted around,” said Ebbsfleet vice-chairman Peter Varney told Standard Sport.

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“If Tottenham decided to take him it would be a good fit, as he is a London boy. They wanted to take him on tour to have a closer look at him,” added Varney, who was chief executive at Charlton from 1997-2008.

Stoke and West Ham are thought to be interested in Tracey, along with Championship clubs Charlton, Reading, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday. There is some debate about his best position, with some scouts regarding him as a centre-forward, others as an attacking midfielder.

If Spurs were to sign Tracey, he would not be considered for the first team in the short term, but would be required to develop with the academy and age-group teams. Yet head coach Mauricio Pochettino has given opportunities to academy products Harry Winks and Josh Onomah this season and is always willing to promote youth.

Meanwhile, Clinton N’Jie will be out of action for at least two months after undergoing surgery to repair medial knee ligaments. N’Jie sustained the injury in the Europa League victory over Monaco earlier this month.

N’Jie’s injury leaves Spurs even more vulnerable in attack should Harry Kane suffer injury or be suspended. Kane has scored 11 times this season and is the club’s only orthodox centre-forward.