Arsenal are keen to add Leicester City youngster Jeremy Monga to their squad this summer but could end up paying a big fee.
Monga will depart the Foxes after they were relegated to League One and it is Arsenal who are pushing hardest to sign him.
The teenager is clearly a top talent and Leicester do not want to lose him for next to nothing.
Indeed, with Arsenal currently at a stalemate in terms of agreeing a fee, it seems the Gunners are going to have to pay a big sum.
Arsenal need to find more than £15m for Jeremy Monga
With Monga clearly keen on the idea of signing for Arsenal, it’s up to Andrea Berta and the clubs to now sort out the deal.
However, while it appears likely a deal will be done, The Athletic’s Jamie McNicholas has revealed that the eventual fee could be a big one.
“Jeremy Monga, that’s another wide player who’s been linked, 16 years old,” McNicholas said.
“Already played half a dozen times in the Premier League when Leicester were last up. And 30 appearances in the Championship last season.
“I think he’d be coming in really as a kind of academy signing, one for the future, but he would be training with the first team and has plenty of first team experience, so wouldn’t come cheap. You’d be talking 15 million maybe, maybe more than that.”
Arsenal are looking to add a number of new players to the squad this summer and while focus is on adding to the first-team, youngsters are also important.
Monga is likely to be part of the squad if he is signed but with other youngsters like Ethan Nwaneri, Max Dowman and Myles Lewis-Skelly all involved as well, it looks like Mikel Arteta has one eye firmly on the future.
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