Man City transfer news: Enzo Maresca claims first victory over Arsenal with “exciting” signing confirmed

Manchester City person announced the signing of highly-rated youngster Jeremy Monga from Leicester City.

The England Under-19 international, who turned 17 yesterday, has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a five-year declaration astatine the Etihad Stadium, taking him done to the summertime of 2031. 

Premier League champions Arsenal had been credited with a beardown involvement successful Monga and were locked successful negotiations with Leicester earlier this summer.

However, Mikel Arteta's broadside were allegedly unwilling to meet the Foxes’ £10m asking terms for Monga, allowing Man City to swoop successful and triumph the contention for his signature.

A cardinal origin down Monga’s determination to articulation Man City is manager Enzo Maresca, who concisely worked with the winger during his Championship title-winning play astatine Leicester successful 2023-24.

Maresca was confirmed arsenic the Citizens' caller manager astatine the extremity of past month, replacing legendary brag Pep Guardiola who spent 10 trophy-laden years astatine the Etihad.

Monga has besides hailed the wide pathway Man City’s academy players person to the archetypal squad and is excited to person joined “the champion nine successful England” implicit the past decade.

Monga is making ‘the close adjacent measurement successful his career’ astatine Man City

“When I became alert that Manchester City were interested, I knew instantly this was the close prime for me,” Monga told the club’s authoritative website.

“For immoderate young footballer, to go portion of this astonishing nine is simply a imagination travel true.  

“This has been the champion nine successful England implicit the past 10 years, and it has besides handed opportunities to players from the academy similar Phil Foden and Nico O’Reilly which shows that the pathway is there.  

“It is simply a privilege to beryllium present and I’m delighted to person joined.”

Director of Football Hugo Viana added: “Jeremy is an breathtaking subordinate who has already made immense strides successful his young career,” helium said.

“We were already precise alert of him arsenic a nine and we person seen his quality first-hand from his clip astatine Leicester. At 17-years-old we consciousness helium is lone going to proceed to amended and that this is the close adjacent measurement successful his career.

“We look guardant to supporting him connected each measurement successful his journey.”

Monga’s record-breaking vocation to proceed astatine Man City

Born successful Coventry, Monga began his younker vocation with the Sky Blues earlier joining Leicester City’s academy astatine Under-9s level successful 2017.

The winger’s pace, dribbling, accomplishment and oculus for extremity were cardinal attributes that helium enhanced arsenic helium worked his mode done Leicester’s younker ranks earlier catapulting himself into their Under-21s squad astatine conscionable 15 years of age.

Monga past became the second-youngest subordinate successful Premier League past erstwhile helium featured arsenic a second-half substitute successful Leicester’s 3-0 decision to Newcastle United successful April 2025.

He went onto marque a full 7 league appearances successful the 2024-25 campaign, earlier mounting a caller grounds for the Foxes successful August of the pursuing play successful the EFL Cup erstwhile helium became Leicester’s youngest subordinate to commencement a crippled for the club.

Just a fewer days later, Monga became the youngest goalscorer successful the Championship erstwhile helium NETTED his archetypal elder extremity for Leicester successful a 2-1 decision to Preston, aged conscionable 16 years and 37 days old, breaking the erstwhile grounds held by England prima Jude Bellingham.

Monga volition present proceed his improvement astatine Man City and has go the club’s 4th signing of the summertime aft Elliot Anderson, Mathys Detourbet and Pierce Charles, the second 2 person since departed connected loan.