Michael Golding joins permanently - Official

[moore_94]

 

[moore_94]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/4052404/leicester-city-sign-highly-rated-midfielder-michael-golding?lang=en

 

Exciting young midfielder Michael Golding has agreed terms for a transfer to Leicester City from Chelsea.
 

The highly rated 18-year-old has signed a four-year deal with the Foxes, having carved out an excellent reputation thanks to his performances for Chelsea’s Under-18s and Under-21s side in recent seasons.

 

Speaking to Foxes Hub, he said: “I’m really looking forward to making leaps and bounds in my career here at Leicester and working hard to help the team as much as I can.

 

“Obviously the history of the Club speaks for itself; there are great players here and I’m looking to soak up as much information as I can from the senior players, to learn from the staff and hopefully have a great season.”

 

The Kingston-born midfielder, who joined Chelsea at age of 12 from AFC Wimbledon, made his senior debut as a substitute in a January 2024 FA Cup Third Round tie at home to Preston.

 

Golding’s potential has also been recognised at international level, having been capped by England Under-16s, Under-17s and Under-18s. He captained the team at the UEFA Under-17s European Championships and would go on to play at the FIFA Under-17s World Cup in November 2023.

 

He will link up with his new team-mates at Seagrave on Monday as the Club’s teams return to pre-season training.

Edited 7 July 2024 by moore_94

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[lcfc sheff]

Hmmm suggests he’s deemed as someone for the first team potentially rather than rotting in the u21s

[niyaminski]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

What the **** is this yellow circle bullshit “🟡”?

 

We’re blue and white not blue and yellow ffs.

[Dusty]

Just now, niyaminski said:

What the **** is this yellow circle bullshit “🟡”?

 

We’re blue and white not blue and yellow ffs.

His name is Golding…

[Libertine]

1 minute ago, niyaminski said:

What the **** is this yellow circle bullshit “🟡”?

 

We’re blue and white not blue and yellow ffs.

Gold-ing?

[Ric Flair]

Signings like this will hopefully compliment any experienced players we look to bring in.

 

Great stuff

[Pliskin]

Doesn’t look old enough to be let out on his own! 

[Groby_Blue]

Hopefully back to the buy low sell high model rather than shit and bust, with a few years of good football from him in-between. 

[MPH]

10 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

What the **** is this yellow circle bullshit “🟡”?

 

We’re blue and white not blue and yellow ffs.

 

 

If you look carefully, there’s a white circle next to the blue one…

[Gravel]

11 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

What the **** is this yellow circle bullshit “🟡”?

 

We’re blue and white not blue and yellow ffs.

[kingfox]

They’ve really dropped the ball with that announcement video. 
 

I wanted to see him and Hamza combing each other’s afros. 

[Samilktray]

Still gets id’d for a Red Bull by the looks of it, hopefully he’s decent 

[fox_favourite]

 

No wonder it took so long for this to be announced....he had to learn his script for the interview 

[KingsX]

The kind of signing we need to make.  And a clean buy; Chelsea retain no rights.

[Nalis]

This is more like it

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Don't want to or need to put too much pressure on the young lad straight away

 

im sure he will (given time) become a great player

 

The next "Pele" apparently. . . . . 

[fox_favourite]

In all seriousness, this is a type of signing I can get behind. Young, has lots of potential and played well for the youth system. Obviously getting into Chelsea team will be tough, but there is a route at Leicester, we've proven that. 

 

Low risk and potentially high reward. Good luck to the lad, I'll back him 

[CloudFox]

Bless him, he seems so young! Definitely lots of scripting there, but fair enough—probably the first time he's had to do club interviews really, I'd imagine.

 

Welcome Michael! Very interested to see when and where he gets involved with the first team.

[Saxondale]

18 years old, but seems like he's been signed for the first team?

 

We don't usually make any fanfare when we're signing a youngster up for the ressies.

[coolhandfox]

Makes me feeling old.

[scinnell]

25 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

 

No wonder it took so long for this to be announced....he had to learn his script for the interview 

Reminds me of the answers from Alex Hunter on Fifa.

[kingkisnorbo]

Someone should mention how young this chap looks. 

[Simonb]

Maybe we'll scripted, but speaks well, seems level headed for an 18 Yr old, just need to somehow give him time to develop whilst we fight for survival.