Adedeji Oshilaja has no idea what will happen come the end of the season, but the AFC Wimbledon loanee has the best of both worlds.

The 22-year-old central defender joined the Dons from the Cardiff City academy in January.

Dons boss Neal Ardley saw Oshilaja’s potential in 2011 when he was the academy coach in south Wales, giving him his break at a professional club.

Despite only making 10 first team appearances at Sheffield Wednesday (two) and Newport County (eight) ahead of his move to south-west London, Oshilaja has impressed in the Dons backline.

The most recent included the 3-2 defeat at Exeter City on Saturday, where an Adebayo Akinfenwa worldy and an own goal were not enough – however, it was the first time since mid-January that Dons have conceded three goals.

Then, in mid-week, Dons went down 2-1 at Mansfield Town.

Despite the back-to-back defeats, Dons have benefited from Oshilaja’s good form and may want to keep him on.

However, it also means Cardiff City are likely to want their man back. Either way, for Oshilaja it is all about developing his fledgling career.

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“Will I sign for Dons in the future? You never know,” he said.

“I’ve always said I wanted to play at the highest level possible and I believe wherever that will take me, God help me, I will go all the way to the top.

“But I’m here now and I need to take it step by step and keep myself at this level by playing week-in week-out and doing well for the team.

“But you never know what can happen, but playing at A-level men’s football is going to develop my career.”

He added: “It helps that I know the gaffer here. He boosts a lot of confidence in me, which helps me to go out and play my game, which is what I’m trying to do every week.

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“[Before joining Cardiff] I was going to go to Cambridge United, but then a scout saw me when I was playing in a charity match.

“He recommended me to Cardiff and the gaffer gave me the chance to show what I can do.

“Cardiff is a great club, I’m not going to lie to you. The fan base is amazing and the people at the club work very hard.

“They haven’t been performing as well as they want to be, but my experience, even with Mr Tan, has been excellent so I would not say anything bad about the club.”