Petratos will know within the next couple of days whether he is headed to the UK just a month after signing a one-year deal with Kelantan FC.

The 20-year-old, who was frozen out of the Sky Blues’ starting XI, has notched up six goals in six games for the Malaysia Super League champions who he joined on a free transfer.

His agent, James Hardy, told au.fourfourtwo.com that reps from the club were in the UK negotiating the player’s next move.

But details of the English club and league where Petratos might find himself were being kept under wraps.

“At this stage it looks like Dimitri will now go to England for the month of January on a trial,” Hardy said.

“Kelantan have very strong links in England and have opened the door over there for him.”

Petratos received a rock star welcome when he arrived in Malaysia last month, fronting a packed press conference and prompting 26,000 views of his YouTube highlights reel overnight.

The move, he said, had gone well.

“Yeah I’ve enjoyed it – the fans are really good here,” he said “They’ve supported me really good and every game I’ve played they’ve given me a warm welcome.”

Asked about his situation with Kelantan, he added: “I’ve played six games and they’re happy with me. They’ll speak to me today or tomorrow and then they’ll just tell me what’s going on.

“(My agent) has told me just to stay focused here and then other things will happen and we’ll just go from there.

“England is a great place to play, everyone knows that. If the chance comes and I go over hopefully I’ll be able to play there.”

The Red Warriors kick off their league title defence on January 9 but the young Aussie is unlikely to take part, even if the trial fails to materialise.

Petratos was signed to boost the club’s foreign contingent ahead of their AFC Cup campaign which begins in March.

Speaking about his new club, he said: “The Australian league is more physical but they try and play good football over here which is good for me.

“I play a little bit everywhere. I play as a striker, left mid and as a number 10, so they’re just moving me around a little bit.

“I don’t mind playing anywhere up front in the attacking third – so that’s fine for me. In one month I’ve played six games so it’s good for me that I’m getting game time.”

Petratos burst onto the scene for the Sky Blues during their 2010/11 campaign but towards the end of his stay failed to even make the first team bench.

Relations between the out-of-favour striker and the Sydney club grew increasingly toxic, culminating in a training ground bust-up in October with goalkeeper coach, Zeljko Kalac.

But Petratos said he holds no ill-feeling towards his former club and continues to track their stuttering progress in the A-League.

“I’ve got the Sydney FC app on my phone so I’ve been following my team-mates,” he said. “From what I’ve been reading, they’ve got a lot of injuries and it’s not too good for them at the moment.

“I was disappointed (to leave Sydney) but in the end I just had to come over here and play games because at the time I wasn’t playing that much.

“That’s just something I guess you learn from and then you just have to move on. I’m still following the club and seeing how my team-mates are going and keeping in touch with the players."