Is there a more level-headed and modest teenage footballer in England today than Exeter City's Matt Grimes?
I have to admit to not knowing the personality traits of every single footballer between the ages of 13 and 19 in the country, so it is hard to judge. However, they would be hard pushed to beat Grimes.
Heading into Saturday's game with Carlisle United, speculation around his future at St James's Park was being discussed by the majority of supporters.
Forget questions about sweeping changes to City's attacking line-up, or if the Grecians were going to continue their good run and make it nine games unbeaten. No, where is Grimes off to in January? That is what people wanted to know.
Garry Monk, Swansea City's boss, had admitted that day, that they had already watched Grimes play and he was aware that a number of other clubs were tracking City's talented teenager.
Added to that, the Daily Mail had reported two days earlier that Grimes was off to the Liberty Stadium for £1.75m, going to earn £10,000 a week and go into the Swans' first team before the end of the current season.
You could have forgiven the young teenager if his focus hadn't been on Carlisle at home and he had put in a below-par performance.
But that is not how Grimes does things. He was assured, confident and capped off a good display by firing the ball home from 25 yards to give City a 2-0 lead and score his first goal from open play.
"He (Grimes) was delighted about that," said Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale, after the match. "He has been thinking about that (scoring from open play) and feeling that and he was determined to make sure he scores from open play."
Grimes wasn't letting his thoughts wander to a Premier League appearance, more money or future trips to Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge.
Instead he was concerned with his goalscoring record from open play.
It is incredible to think, that with such speculation going on, he is so concentrated on an aspect of his game he thinks need improving.
Nobody was questioning his goalscoring record, but he was.
Will this kind of focus help the youngster when he moves on to pastures new? Without doubt.
You often here people in football talking about taking things one game at a time and it is a good philosophy to have.
Scottish essayist, satirist and historian Thomas Carlyle once wrote: "Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."
You can spend too much time and energy worrying and thinking about the future or about situations, good or bad, that might never happen.
That is not to say that Grimes won't move to Swansea.
In fact, it looks more than likely based on the quotes from Monk and the interest they have shown.
However, if he doesn't move to South Wales in the next transfer window, Grimes will more than likely be playing against the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and other top Premier League teams before too long.
Will he take all this in his stride? Well, on the evidence so far, you would have to say yes.
