Leicester City winger Jeremy Monga is widely regarded as one of the best teenagers in the country.
Jeremy Monga made his Leicester debut against Newcastle United on Monday evening, becoming the second youngest debutant in Premier League history, aged just 15.
Jeremy Monga has rapidly risen through the ranks at Seagrave and is attracting interest from the likes of Real Madrid, Paris Saint-German and Manchester United.
However, it’s Manchester City who have agreed personal terms with Monga, though, Leicester are still hopeful of convincing him to stay.
Nothing is finalised at the moment and City are doing everything they can to retain his signature ahead of their Championship campaign next season.
They’ve even started to increase coverage of Monga on their social media accounts and today shared a hilarious video of the teenager’s conversation with manager Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Jeremy Monga jokes with Ruud van Nistelrooy
Leicester have just released footage of a conversation Monga had with Van Nistelrooy following his record-breaking debut on Monday night.
Van Nistelrooy asked: “Jeremy… did people message you after your debut?”
Monga replied: “Yeah… many many many.”
Van Nistelrooy added: “Your phone exploded, did it?
Monga answered: “Yeah, I had to put it on silent!”
Van Nistelrooy laughed: “Too much beeping.”
Monga looks set to be involved against Brighton
Leicester’s under-21s have their biggest game in eight years tomorrow, as they face Nottingham Forsest in the PL2 playoffs.
That game kicks off at 7pm, so we’ll have a clear indication of whether Monga will be involved or if he’s travelling to Brighton and Hove Albion with the first team.
It looks set to be the latter, considering he’s been pictured in training with Van Nistelrooy, rather than City’s reserve team coach Leon McSweeney.
It’s unlikely Monga will start against the Seagulls, but it wouldn’t at all be surprising if he gets another 30 minutes off the bench.
City are clearly bedding him into men’s football to prepare him for the rough and ready second tier, if indeed he stays.