{"id":619519,"date":"2026-06-03T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619519\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:40:13","slug":"arsenal-in-eight-way-fight-to-sign-16-year-old-wonderkid-in-10million-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619519\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal in eight-way fight to sign 16-year-old wonderkid in \u00a310million deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal are one of eight clubs vying it out for the signature of Leicester City wonderkid Jeremy Monga, talkSPORT understands.<\/p>\n

The 16-year-old winger broke into the Foxes<\/a> first team in the 2024\/25 season – appearing in seven Premier League matches as the 2016 top-flight champions suffered relegation into the Championship.<\/p>\n

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Monga is regarded as one of England’s most exciting talentsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

And the teenager then chipped in with one goal and two assists from 27 matches in England’s second-tier in the recent campaign.<\/p>\n

His only senior goal came against Preston in August, where he became the youngest goalscorer in Championship history.<\/p>\n

Though for the second season running, the England<\/a> Under-19 international was unable to prevent relegation.<\/p>\n

And with Leicester gearing up for League One football, Monga looks poised to depart the King Power Stadium as interest heats up in the race to sign the forward.<\/p>\n

Read more on footballGunner get ya?<\/p>\n

Premier League champions Arsenal<\/a> are looking to steal a march on their transfer rivals.<\/p>\n

talkSPORT\u2019s Ben Jacobs has revealed that the Gunners are in talks<\/a> to bring Monga to the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u2019s side are looking to strengthen their squad as they aim to retain the Premier League title for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n

Jacobs has declared that Leicester have already received formal approaches for their young starlet from as many as eight top English and European clubs.<\/p>\n

The Foxes academy graduate could cost more than \u00a310million, with his age meaning a transfer fee may need to be determined by a tribunal.<\/p>\n

talkSPORT revealed in May how Manchester United, Newcastle and Leeds are also admirers of Monga<\/a>, along with Arsenal.<\/p>\n

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Monga has scored once from his 37 outings for LeicesterCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

That is in addition to German clubs Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig as well as Serie A outfit Roma.<\/p>\n

A prodigious talent<\/p>\n

Monga made his first-team debut in April 2025 – coming on as a substitute against Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aged just 15 years and 271 days, he became the second-youngest player in Premier League history at the time after Arsenal\u2019s Ethan Nwaneri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monga is also the second-youngest player ever to turn out for Leicester, behind Ashley Chambers.<\/p>\n

Red Devils icon Ruud van Nistelrooy<\/a> gave Monga his debut, and immediately backed the youngster to achieve big things.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cYou could see glimpses of his great qualities, he\u2019s a great winger and has speed.<\/p>\n

\"Jeremie<\/a><\/p>\n

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Teenage starlet Monga is tipped to be a future England internationalCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a fantastic talent \u2013 a great boy, he deserved these minutes and hopefully, more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

Van Nistelrooy is one of four bosses Monga has already played under at Leicester, having also been managed by Gary Rowett, Marti Cifuentes and Andy King.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal are one of eight clubs vying it out for the signature of Leicester City wonderkid Jeremy Monga,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[220,324,59,130280,26369,134954,101,110,568,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-619519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-gb","tag-jeremy-monga","tag-leicester-city","tag-leicester-transfer-news","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-transfers","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}