Osagi Bascome said he has been inspired by Shaun Goater’s legacy at Bristol City and hopes to become the next Bermudian to make a mark at Ashton Gate.

It is understood Bascome is on the verge of completing a move to the Sky Bet Championship club after impressing for their under-23 team during the past few months.

The 17-year-old forward said he has received some words of encouragement from Goater, who scored 45 goals in 81 appearances for Bristol City before joining Manchester City for £400,000 in 1998.

“Bristol are one of Shaun’s old clubs from a long time ago and he has spoken to me,” Bascome said.

“Hopefully I can carry on and be the next generation of Bermudians at the club. It’s a great honour to be a Bermudian on that platform in England. There are a lot of young Bermudians doing well in England and hopefully I can continue that.

“Talks [between the club and Bascome’s agent] are still ongoing. I’m just waiting on international clearance and a few other things to fall into place, but it’s all looking good.”

Bascome, the son of Herbie and nephew of Andrew and David Bascome, admits adapting to the speed and physicality of the English game, as well as the harsher weather conditions, has been a difficult process.

“It’s been going well for me at Bristol although it takes a while to adapt,” said Bascome, who spent last season playing youth team football at Spanish second-tier outfit Levante after a short spell with La Liga side Valencia.

“It’s a different style of play, a different culture and the cold weather also comes into play. I’ve scored a few goals, though, and I think I’ve done pretty well.”

Bascome, who has family living in Bristol, made his first start for Bermuda in their 4-2 defeat at home to Canada at the weekend, showing some neat touches and flashes of creativity before coming off in the second half.

He believes Bermuda’s team could be proud of their performance against a more experienced and technically superior Canada.

“Every time Bermuda calls I’m on the first plane back as it’s always an honour to play for my country,” said Bascome, who made his Bermuda debut at home to Dominican Republic in a Scotiabank Caribbean Cup game last summer.

“I think we can take a lot of positives from our performance as we showed a lot of the local talent. We were missing quite a few professionals and I think we did well against a nation like Canada. I thought we battled well, gave a good account of ourselves and hopefully we can get more friendlies like this.”

Jamie McAllister, the Bristol City Under-23 manager, described Bascome as a “bright spark” in a recent interview with the Bristol Post. “We’ve been talking to his agent and we’re looking to do something. It’s a case of watch this space,” McAllister said.

“I’ve seen enough of him to know that his quality is very good and he is neat and tidy in a lot of what he does.”