Lawn Tennis Association chief executive John Crowther is confident of recruiting John McEnroe to inject fresh impetus into the game in Britain.

Following another disappointing Wimbledon - with the exception of Tim Henman - the annual question is being asked: Where is the next star of the future?

David Felgate's appointment as performance director has been applauded and will hopefully help, and now Crowther is actively pursuing McEnroe for further assistance.

It is envisaged McEnroe will aid in the running of three training camps over a year-long period, helping teenagers aged 16 and upwards, as well as those senior players attempting to take the next step on the tour circuit.

Talks have already taken place between Crowther and McEnroe, with more planned, before hopefully a deal is confirmed within the next couple of months.

"I've had a chat with John in the last two weeks. It was a very good chat, one to one, and I think we're going to get our act together," he said on BBC Radio 5 Live.

"There are two possible opportunities. The first is he works with David Felgate on three coaching camps and he will hopefully deal with the Alex Bogdanovichs of this world and on the girls side as well.

"But I think it will also inspire new kids to come into tennis with our inner-city tennis programme. I've seen him at work and he is a great inspirer.

"We'd have to make sure his schedule ties up with our schedule. The idea is that before the Albert Hall seniors event, he would fly out to La Manga where we have a winter training base and he would be on court for a week."

When asked why the LTA cannot recruit the likes of a McEnroe or Boris Becker for a full year, Crowther responded: "People like McEnroe and Becker don't have a 52-week ability to commit.

"Getting McEnroe for three weeks is using his skills best for the job. I reckon if we do get him he will help us, so we're hiring the best coaches on a 52-week basis. We are hiring from overseas as well as from the UK. I reckon we've a pretty good team."

Crowther, though, believes tennis clubs up and down the country should be doing more to ensure the likes of a Henman do not appear on the British scene once in a blue moon.

"That's what we're working day and night on. It's about getting more players in the game," added Crowther.

"We're not going to have a vibrant tennis nation unless we have a competitive culture and a 52-week-per-year view of tennis. But it is going to take time.

"It's a long haul. We'll attack the fundamentals and we'll win through eventually.

"We don't have a problem attracting kids to our sport. The problem that we have is actually keeping our kids in the sport.

"That's down to the clubs. They have to become cool places where kids wants to hang out.

"I don't think we should be too purist about our tennis clubs either. They should have other activities there that ensures kids want to hang out.

"But although it has been a disappointing Wimbledon, I'm actually more optimistic about the change going on in British tennis than ever before.

"I really believe change is happening, although I've always accepted that there's still a long way to go."