{"id":651758,"date":"2025-02-07T05:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=651758"},"modified":"2025-02-07T05:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T10:14:31","slug":"leicester-city-set-to-include-teenage-duo-in-f-a-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/07\/leicester-city-set-to-include-teenage-duo-in-f-a-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City Set To Include Teenage Duo In F.A Cup Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leicester City has been in poor form as of late as they have picked up just one win in their last nine league games. However, heading into their highly anticipated F.A Cup clash with Manchester United, a risk <\/span>is going to<\/span> be taken. Teenage duo Jake Evans (16) and Jeremy Monga (15) are set to be included in the Foxes’ squad after impressing for the academy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teenage Duo Included In Leicester City Squad<\/span><\/h2>\n

Who Are The Two Wonderkids<\/span><\/h3>\n

Evans is the 16-year-old attacking threat at the heart of the club’s under-21 squad this season. He can play out wide or as a striker and <\/span>is consistently proving<\/span> his quality in front of goal. Three goals in his last three highlight his quality, despite playing against much older defenders.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The forward is powerful for his age, clinical in front of goal, and loves to get in behind the backline. This movement and ability to play on the shoulder <\/span>is<\/span> terrific and coupled with his finishing, he has been a danger all term.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monga is the other talent set to be included in the squad. A tricky winger, who loves to be <\/span>one-on-one with a defender. His direct running and ball carrying have been prominent aspects of his game and have even troubled defences in League One and Two.<\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/span> play on either side as he is both-footed and consistently uses this when cutting in and shooting. This makes him unpredictable and these raw attributes are perfect for the modern game. He has already been linked to clubs like <\/span>PSG<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Manchester City, and Chelsea<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>and it<\/span> is no surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both players helped the Foxes win the U16 PL Cup and are <\/span>playing a key role in<\/span> their Under 21s squad this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set To Be Included In The First Team Squad<\/span><\/h3>\n

First team manager Ruud <\/span>van Nistelrooy said<\/span><\/a> when talking to the press this morning:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe FA Cup is also fantastic to add young players into my squad, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, They\u2019re going to be part of the squad, on the bench, tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added \u201cIt\u2019s an occasion where these things can happen, opportunities for players. They have names! The 15-year-old is Jeremy Monga and the 16-year-old is Jake Evans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Van Nistelrooy Talking About The Leicester Academy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Before talking about the overall talent at the club right now: \u201cIt\u2019s the same here. The first thing I did was look at the Under-21s, <\/span>the<\/span> Under-18s, join them <\/span>in<\/span> for regular first-team training, and get an idea of them. It\u2019s not only looking outside to strengthen. There\u2019s a great academy here and I look inside to strengthen. When players are good enough, the age doesn\u2019t matter to me, and they can help the squad and the team.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Huge words of praise from their manager, who <\/span>clearly<\/span> sees the talents that they both possess. If 15-year-old Monga does <\/span>make an appearance<\/span> against the Red Devils, it will be a record-breaking moment. The player will become the youngest Premier League player <\/span>to play<\/span> in the historic F.A. Cup. However, he wouldn’t become Leicester’s youngest-ever player.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leicester City has been in poor form as of late as they have picked up just one win in their last nine league games. However, heading into their highly anticipated F.A Cup clash with Manchester United, a risk is going to be taken. Teenage duo Jake Evans (16) and Jeremy Monga (15) are set to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5391,"featured_media":651344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651786,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651758\/revisions\/651786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}