Chelsea & Man City made a blow in the race for the 15 -year -old Wonderkid Premier League
The boss of Leicester City, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, provided a news of positive news to fans of besieged foxes by saying that a new agreement for the desired starlet of club Jeremy Monga was at the dawn of completion.
The prodigious striker became only the second 15 -year -old to appear in the Premier League when he made his debut at the top against Newcastle United in April. Monga was three months older than Ethan Nwaneri d’Arsenal – which set the record in 2022 – but, unlike the Gunners starlet, the Leicester jewel amassed more than an hour of high -flying football this season.
Long before Monga became the youngest player in the history of the Premier League of Leicester, Manchester City and Chelsea would have identified it as a talent of extreme interest. Athletics Also claim that Real Madrid previously expressed its interest in the prolific record.
Van Nistelrooy did his best to minimize this growing speculation earlier in the season and took an even more confident tone following the last Camée de Monga against Nottingham Forest.
“We want a future with him and hoping that we can announce a contract with him soon,” said Van Nistelrooy Talksport.
The Dutch boss turned to the subject of Monga again at his post-match press conference. “If he can stay and it is his future, and he can make minutes and build it in his way,” noted Van Nistelrooy. “I had a lot of conversations with him and his family and I hope he can sign soon. But it’s him.
“It is a joy to work with him. We sometimes talk about his GCSE and his mathematics, and I have to help him too, but we are also talking about football. He almost marked a winner here too. It would have been a fairy tale.”
In the depths of the time of stopping of the 2-2 draw of Leicester with a forest of local rivals at City Ground, Jamie Vardy led a last counterattack which ended with the ball at the feet of Monga. The teenager, who had seen an previous effort blocked, folded a shot on the target that Mats Salts overturned.
If Monga has to stick to Leicester already noted, he will only have two remaining games to become the youngest scorer in the history of the Premier League. If the 15 -year -old joined another high -flying side, he would go beyond James Vaughan’s long -standing record with a goal at any time before April 5, 2026.
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