Leicester City are now on the verge of relegation to League One after losing 1-0 at home to Swansea. The city has witnessed them sink further into peril.
Leicester’s demise throughout the years has been spectacular, and with the Foxes possibly facing a second consecutive relegation and third in four years, things might get even worse for them.
Leicester won the Premier League championship against the odds less than a decade ago, with players like Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, N’Golo Kante, Wes Morgan, and Kasper Schmeichel starring in one of sport’s biggest fairy tales.
However, all good things must come to an end, and Leicester are discovering this in one of the most horrific ways imaginable, with relegation to the third division looking increasingly likely with each game.
Regardless of whatever league they play their football in next season, it is expected to be a tumultuous summer at the King Power Stadium, with many departures likely as the Foxes prepare to lose one of their star assets and one of the country’s brightest prospects.
Manchester United and Arsenal are set to join other Premier League teams in pursuit of Leicester’s Jeremy Monga.
Jeremy Monga, a 16-year-old midfielder, has long been monitored by Premier League clubs after making his professional debut for Leicester at the age of 15 years and 271 days, becoming the second-youngest player to ever play in the English top-flight, trailing only Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri.
At the start of this campaign, he became the youngest player to score in the Championship, scoring away against Preston North End at the age of 16 years and 37 days.
Despite Leicester’s struggles, Monga, an England junior international, has appeared only occasionally for the Foxes this season, clocking just over 800 league minutes and is expected to depart the club this summer.
According to TEAMtalk’s Graeme Bailey, Manchester United and Arsenal have joined Manchester City in the chase for the prodigy, and both teams are expected to make official bids for the youngster this summer.
Monga has yet to sign his first professional contract with Leicester, and he will have to wait until July, when he turns 17. However, it appears increasingly likely that he will not sign his first professional contract with the Foxes.
Unsurprisingly, teams like as Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Brentford have expressed interest in the child, while continental clubs like Real Madrid, Juventus, and Borussia Dortmund are allegedly watching his development.
Leicester are said to want to keep Monga and offer him a contract that would bind him down until he turns 17, with the guarantee of regular first-team football, something he is unlikely to obtain right now in the top division.
In any case, the Foxes will have a difficult job persuading their star player to stay, since both Manchester United and Arsenal have joined a long list of European clubs interested in Monga.
Leicester City losing Jeremy Monga would be yet another setback in their recent collapse.
The revelation of additional Premier League interest in Monga is expected to be among the least of Leicester’s difficulties right now, which in itself reflects the situation in which they now find themselves.
Leicester are four points away from safety with just four games remaining to guarantee survival after Oxford United and Portsmouth both won at the weekend and they were defeated at home by Swansea.
The Foxes can no longer settle for draws; they must begin earning three points immediately, as time is running out.
With games against Portsmouth, Hull, Millwall, and Blackburn remaining, the Foxes must treat each game as a final, or their fate will be determined.
Monga is unlikely to remain in League One since demotion would be disastrous for the club in various ways.
