Monga signs for City | OneFootball

Manchester City are delighted to announce the signing of exciting young winger Jeremy Monga from Leicester City.

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The England youth international, who turned 17 yesterday, has joined the Club on a five-year contract taking him through to the summer of 2031.

Monga began developing his craft at Leicester City’s Academy from the Under-9s.

His pace, dribbling, power and eye for goal have been key attributes for Monga through every age group before he rapidly progressed to Leicester’s Under-21s side at just 15 years old.

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At 15 years, three months and 22 days, he became the youngest Premier League 2 goalscorer when he found the back of the net against Aston Villa in their November 2024 league clash.

He then featured as a second half substitute in Leicester’s 3-0 defeat to Newcastle United in April 2025 as he made his Premier League debut.

In doing so, Monga became the second-youngest player to receive minutes in the English top-flight and went on to total seven league appearances in 2024/25.

The following campaign, in 2025/26, Monga set a new record for the Foxes when he was named in their side for their August 2025 Carabao Cup draw against Huddersfield Town, making him the youngest player to start a game for the Club.

Only a few days later, Monga became the youngest goalscorer in the Championship when he scored in Leicester’s 2-1 defeat to Preston, aged just 16 years and 37 days old, breaking the record that had previously been held by England midfielder Jude Bellingham.

Now, Monga is excited to continue his development in Manchester.

“When I became aware that Manchester City were interested, I knew instantly this was the right choice for me,” said Monga.

“For any young footballer, to become part of this amazing club is a dream come true.

“This has been the best club in England over the past 10 years. And it has also handed opportunities to players from the Academy like Phil Foden and Nico O’Reilly which shows that the pathway is there.

“It is a privilege to be here and I’m delighted to have joined.”

After Monga put pen to paper, City Director of Football Hugo Viana expressed his delight in bringing one of England’s most exciting talents to the City Football Academy.

“Jeremy is an exciting player who has already made huge strides in his young career,” he said.

“We were already very aware of him as a Club and we have seen his ability first-hand from his time at Leicester. At 17-years-old we feel he is only going to continue to improve and that this is the correct next step in his career.

“We look forward to supporting him on every step in his journey.”

Everyone at Manchester City is thrilled to welcome Jeremy to the Club and we wish him the very best of luck during his time in Manchester.