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Manchester City have beaten Arsenal to the £12.5m signing of the 17-year-old Jeremy Monga from Leicester City.

Monga was coveted by Arsenal but City pushed hard to sign the teenager, who head coach Enzo Maresca knows from his promotion-winning season in charge at Leicester in 2023-24.

Monga, who joined Leicester aged eight, turned 17 on Friday and is a winger who can play on both flanks. Born in Coventry, he has represented England at various age groups until and including Under-19s.

Monga, who in April 2025 aged 15 and 271 days became the second-youngest player to make his Premier League debut, is widely regarded one of the most prodigious talents in the country.

Last August, aged 16 and 34 days, he became the youngest player to start a game for Leicester and three days later, by scoring at Preston, he became the Championship’s youngest goalscorer.

Before handing him his debut, the then Leicester head coach, Ruud van Nistelrooy, alluded to the delicate balance between exposing Monga to first-team football and allowing him to continue to develop in the Under-21s.

“We feel Jeremy is ready for this and of course there’s still a long way to go,” Van Nistelrooy said. “It’s clear he is a big talent, but we cannot go too quickly with a young boy like that.”