{"id":245737,"date":"2026-05-29T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/arsenal-confident-of-signing-man-utd-target-monga\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:00:10","slug":"arsenal-confident-of-signing-man-utd-target-monga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/arsenal-confident-of-signing-man-utd-target-monga\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal \u2018confident\u2019 of signing Man Utd target Monga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/arsenal\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Arsenal News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> are reportedly \u2018confident\u2019 of trumping <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/manchester-united\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Man Utd news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> in the race to sign Leicester City star Jeremy Monga, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/arsenal\/jeremy-monga-transfer-news-arsenal-confident-beating-man-utd-man-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">TEAMtalk<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After qualifying for next season\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/champions-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"20\" title=\"Champions League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>, the Red Devils have started exploring options to add depth to the squad this summer to challenge on all fronts next term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hvqml6a1939958cf6d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememore.com\/hair-transplant-in-turkey#utm_source=footbal-talk&amp;utm_id=footbal-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225247\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FootballTalk_New_Chapter-rememore.png\" alt=\"Rememore new hair\" width=\"400\" height=\"333\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Old Trafford club are prioritising revamping the midfield department as <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/casemiro\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"40\" title=\"casemiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casemiro<\/a> is set to leave for free, and Manuel Ugarte could be sold following his struggles to find his feet in the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Man Utd are interested in signing a new left-back to support Luke Shaw, while purchasing a new left-winger to deputise for Matheus Cunha is also on Michael Carrick\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <em>TEAMtalk<\/em> claim that United are interested in Monga and have already made a firm approach to secure his service. Following Leicester\u2019s relegation to League One, the 16-year-old is likely to leave this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Foxes don\u2019t want to let him leave, he can\u2019t sign a professional contract until he turns 17 in July. Monga is deemed one of the best young forwards in England, and apart from United, several other clubs are also in this race.<\/p>\n<p>Like United, <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/man-city-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Man City news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> have also made a concrete move to seal the deal. Moreover, <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/chelsea\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"Chelsea news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Tottenham news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> Hotspur, and <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/newcastle-united\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"27\" title=\"Newcastle United news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle United<\/a> have made proposals to persuade him to join.<\/p>\n<h2>Battle<\/h2>\n<p>Other than the Premier League clubs, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, and <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/real-madrid\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"29\" title=\"Real Madrid news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a> have registered their interest in him, but he is expected to stay in England.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are currently the frontrunners in this race after \u2018pushing aggressively behind the scenes\u2019. They have shown their prowess in developing young talents, and Monga has been impressed by that. So, the Gunners are \u2018confident\u2019 of finalising the operation by trumping Man Utd and other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning the Premier League title this season, Arsenal are planning to reinforce the left flank as Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard have displayed average performances.<\/p>\n<p>However, Monga is still young and isn\u2019t ready to help Arsenal achieve their lofty ambitions next season if he joins during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>It is going to be interesting to see whether the North London club eventually manage to purchase Monga by defeating Man Utd in this race.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Football Talk | Premier League News\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/233218\/arsenal-confident-of-signing-man-utd-target-monga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are reportedly \u2018confident\u2019 of trumping Manchester United in the race to sign Leicester City star Jeremy Monga, as per TEAMtalk. After qualifying for next season\u2019s Champions League, the Red Devils have started exploring options to add depth to the squad this summer to challenge on all fronts next term. The Old Trafford club are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-245737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}