Sydney-born Cleur, who turned 20 in January, joined Serie C outfit Robur Siena in January on loan from Serie B club Virtus Entella, having fallen out of favour following a change of manager.

Cleur has made half a dozen appearances for Siena, helping the club towards promotion ahead of their play-offs which start next week.

Siena have informally requested a loan extension for Cleur next season, leaving him in an awkward position, with promotion and relegation looming for the respective clubs.

Virtus Entella are destined for the drop from Serie B, needing a heavy win on the final day to be any hope of surviving.

Defender/midfielder Cleur has three years remaining on his Virtus Entella contract, but seems out of the first-team frame under current boss Alfredo Aglietti.

“Both are good clubs,” Cleur told FourFourTwo.

“Siena has a bigger fan base because it’s been in Serie A but at the end of the day it comes down to where you’re playing more.

“I’m happy to go back to Virtus Entella. It just depends who gives me the go-ahead to get more game-time.

“If Siena get promoted or stay in Lega Pro Serie C they are factors, so we’ll see what happens.”

Game-time is at the forefront of the former Western Sydney Wanderers junior’s mind as he gains experience with a long-term view to playing regularly in Italy and England’s top two leagues.

“I want to go back to play Serie B but it’s hard to find another Serie B team at my stage in my career because I’ve not had much first-team experience,” he said.

“Entella was my avenue to get back to Serie B but realistically if they do drop down to Lega Pro I think they’ll call back a lot of their players.

“Realistically, I think I’ll play another season in Serie C. It’ll also be good to get some more experience and game-time.”

However, having spent six months in the division, Cleur said Serie C is a good standard league.

“It’s very good quality,” he said. “Not many people realize.

“The difference between Serie B and Serie C is probably the technical aspect, it’s sharper than Serie C.

“But a lot of the players in Serie C have dropped down from Serie A who are finishing their careers or something went wrong in their careers, their attitude or they may have got injured early on or whatever.

“These players are good quality. Even in my team there’s players who’ve played for Roma, Sampdoria and Spezia, so they’re good clubs. It’s a good league to learn in and gain experience from.”

The promotion play-offs, with Serie A and Serie B concluded, also are a great showcase, something which Cleur is all too aware of.

“A lot of people will be watching these games,” he said.

Cleur is likely to play a key role having broken into the Siena first-team, after initially finding it hard to break into a side at the top of Serie C.

“At first it was a bit hard because they were doing so well,“ he said.

“They’d only lost four games halfway through the season, so it’s not normal to find it hard to break in, especially for a player like me with no experience.

“I think I’ve done well and towards the end of the season I’ve become more regularly used.”

Siena will learn their play-offs opponents when the third round is completed on Thursday.