Arsenal’s academy is producing elite talents at a frightening rate.
Bukayo Saka has already become one of the best players in the world, while Myles Lewis-Skelly has established himself in Mikel Arteta’s first-team plans.
Behind them, there is another wonderkid generating enormous excitement: Max Dowman is widely regarded as one of the finest prospects English football has produced in years, and many believe he has the potential to become a genuine superstar.
Now, Arsenal are closing in on a player who is being spoken about in very similar terms.
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Leicester think Arsenal target Jeremy Monga can become as good as Max Dowman
Arsenal have never been afraid to invest in elite young talent.
The Gunners know that finding the next superstar before everybody else is one of the smartest ways to build for the future, and it appears they may be about to pull off another major coup.
Jeremy Monga has agreed personal terms to join Arsenal from Leicester City after emerging as one of the brightest young talents in the country.
The ‘fantastic‘ teenager has already achieved something remarkable in his short career.
Despite being only slightly older than Dowman, Monga has already accumulated significant first-team experience and shown enough quality to convince many inside Leicester that he has an enormous future ahead of him.
According to the Daily Mail, people who have worked closely with Monga at Leicester believe he can become every bit as good as Dowman.
That is an extraordinary compliment when you consider how highly Arsenal’s own wonderkid is rated.
The report claims mentors at Leicester have no doubt that Monga possesses the talent to reach a similar level.
If Arsenal complete the deal, the two teenagers could soon be developing side by side in North London. That should be a hugely exciting prospect for supporters.
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It is extremely rare for a club to possess one player who is tipped to become among the best of his generation. Having two at the same time is almost unheard of.
Dowman is already viewed as a special talent. The report even suggested he has the potential to become the best English player of his generation, which tells you everything about the expectations surrounding him.
For Leicester coaches and mentors to place Monga in the same conversation is incredibly significant.
Of course, potential guarantees nothing. Arsenal supporters have seen plenty of highly-rated youngsters in their academy fail to make the step up over the years.
However, if Monga develops as many expect and Dowman fulfils even half of the promise he has shown so far, Arsenal could have two of English football’s brightest stars wearing red and white for years to come.
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