Can you kick it with the best footballers in the country? Do your tackles crunch harder than John Terry’s?

Are you a slicker passer than Frank Lampard? Or can you curl a ball into the top corner better than Joe Cole?

The Kent Messenger is giving you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to prove it.

This summer we’re teaming up with football academy SEFA Street and Chelsea FC to find the best under-nines player in Kent.

If you win, you’ll get a six-week trial with Chelsea, playing alongside the stars of the future in the Premier League club’s academy.

And if you’ve got the skills, that could be just the beginning.

It will all start with a soccer talent contest being held by SEFA Street, supported by the Kent Messenger, at Maplesden Noakes School, in Maidstone, from Monday, August 17, to Friday, August 21. It is open to any boys playing at under-nines level in Kent, and entry is free.

Over the coming weeks, entry forms will be printed in the Kent Messenger and made available to download on the internet.

Young footballers will be put through their paces in a series of games and drills, watched by Chelsea scouts and SEFA Street coaches with an eye for future talent.

The best players will be invited back for more coaching sessions, until a final team of 10 finalists is chosen. They will be taken up to Chelsea’s training ground for a match against a Chelsea youth team, when the coaches who built the careers of stars like England captain Terry will be watching.

At the end of that game, one footballing wonderkid will be given the chance of a lifetime to join Chelsea’s academy squad and take the first step towards a dream career in the Premier League.

Along the way we’ll be offering exclusive Chelsea competitions and giving tips on what the coaches will be looking out for at the talent contest. So don’t miss your Kent Messenger this summer for your chance to become the Premier League’s hottest new star.