Arsenal are pushing to complete the signing of Leicester City’s 16-year-old winger Jeremy Monga but they are not the only club to have expressed their admiration for the England under-18 international.As reported in The Athletic’s Transfer DealSheet on Tuesday, Arsenal’s pursuit of Monga is ongoing. Personal terms are not expected to be an issue but an agreement has not yet been struck between the clubs.Monga’s scholarship contract is set to become a professional one this summer when he turns 17 on July 10, meaning Arsenal will have to pay a fee for his services.There have been many clubs tracking Monga even before he became the second-youngest player to appear in the Premier League when he came on as a substitute aged just 15 years and 271 days in a 3-0 defeat to Newcastle 14 months ago.When Monga was growing up in Coventry, not far from Coventry City’s training ground, he was on the radar of several clubs. He and his family, who are of Congolese descent, chose Leicester ahead of Aston Villa and Coventry when the player was eight.Since then, there has been a buzz around him as he came through the prolific Leicester academy. Before handing Monga his senior debut — when he was still in school and could only train with the first team twice a week — former Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy responded to a question about Monga by stating “the whole world” knew about him.Ruud van Nistelrooy with Monga in April 2025 (Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images)At that time, several clubs were watching Monga closely. When 15, Monga was playing in the under-21s and scouts from several of Europe’s biggest clubs were regular visitors to the club’s Seagrave training ground to watch him.Chelsea and Real Madrid were two clubs who sent scouts, and Manchester City once seemed in pole position to entice Monga away before he could sign a professional contract, meaning a tribunal would set the amount they would have to pay in compensation to Leicester for developing him over several years rather than pay a transfer fee.Many around Seagrave were resigned to losing Monga, just as they had lost Tyrese Noubissie to City when he was 14, with £1million ($1.3m) compensation in return.