Jeremy Monga

[Pliskin]

On 04/06/2026 at 15:00, BKLFox said:

I’m getting confused again, 1 minute the forum is telling me Seagrave/academy is not doing its job the next minute we should be hanging on to players 🤷‍♂️ 

I want a team full of academy lads as much as the next man but if, if we get 15m for a 16/17 we take it and say all the best.

There will be better options for what we need right now, look at Morgan Whittaker who went for half that and scored 14 for Boro & 7 assists still only 25…now I’m not saying him but as an example.

For what it’s worth my personal opinion is that out of all the academy lads who played last season in our 1st team Aluko will have the best career followed by Nelson it’s those 2 we need to keep.

After that the likes of Braybrooke, JJ, Cartwright and Wilson-Brown will build the foundations for our future team. 
We just need to get as much as we can for Monga & unfortunately due to age what ever the system believes is fair for Motsi 

The problem is, we won’t use the money to reinvest back into the squad, it will be used to plug the massive financial black hole we’ve now created for ourselves. 
 

I do otherwise agree with you, at this moment in time having onto player like Monga, Page and Motsi isn’t going to help us, in fact, we no longer have that luxury…. Thanks to our esteemed leaders, we’re not in a position to even try to hang onto any young talent that we have….. any player of any worth will have to be sold, and we will be stuck with those players no one wants and we’ve been trying to sell for good knows how long. 
 

The problem is, how will this relegation impact the academy going forward? Because I can see a few young talented players get snapped up early doors. Who’s going to want to hang around here? A failing club in almost every aspect…. It’s not a place to thrive at all. 
 

This is why so many fans are so ****ing angry, it’s not just what’s happening on the pitch, every aspect of the club has been severely damaged……

[Jacob7839]

21 hours ago, Richmondfox said:

I think Monga needs to spend time with actual coaches to learn how to play football as a team member and pass the ball, rather than show off trying to skin everyone. We would be a terrible choice for his development. 
 

He should turn into a quality player once he learns how to play in a team with discipline, tactics and leadership. 

Your not wrong send him to Millwall haha 

[Richmondfox]

1 hour ago, Jacob7839 said:

Your not wrong send him to Millwall haha 

Once he learns to beat a man with positioning and tactics, he can then add 

 

Too many times our wingers would do the step over challenge, not beat a man, send it backwards and stand still.  All they had to do was run into the space ahead and Thomas or whoever knock the ball ahead. Unfortunately the more Monga was exposed to these clowns, he turned into Mongadidi with a few Ayew dives added.  
 

I think he needs a season learning how to play football in a team, then go out on loan and put what he has learnt to good use. 

[nnfox]

In the history of football I don't think there's been a player command a £10m+ fee from a League One team.

 

I get that he is young and has some potential, but he hardly set the league on fire last season.

 

If we (desperate for money and not in a strong negotiating position) manage to get £10m+ for Monga then it means that Arsenal are more stupid than us.

[Phenom]

Seagrave is producing young players but we’re doing a shit job retaining the players and incorporating them into the first team.

[Wymsey]

6 minutes ago, Phenom said:

Seagrave is producing young players but we’re doing a shit job retaining the players and incorporating them into the first team.

Isn't that a bit of Jon Rudkin's responsibility?

[HP1]

On 03/06/2026 at 15:33, JimJams said:

To spend on 34 year old luxury players.

To cover John Rudkins £2m a year salary 

[MPH]

7 hours ago, nnfox said:

In the history of football I don't think there's been a player command a £10m+ fee from a League One team.

 

I get that he is young and has some potential, but he hardly set the league on fire last season.

 

If we (desperate for money and not in a strong negotiating position) manage to get £10m+ for Monga then it means that Arsenal are more stupid than us.

 

Jay Stansfield in 2024 for £20m

 

 

Edit. My bad, that was purchased by a league 1 club

Edited 7 June by MPH

[SafewayFox]

On 06/06/2026 at 18:47, nnfox said:

In the history of football I don't think there's been a player command a £10m+ fee from a League One team.

 

I get that he is young and has some potential, but he hardly set the league on fire last season.

 

If we (desperate for money and not in a strong negotiating position) manage to get £10m+ for Monga then it means that Arsenal are more stupid than us.

TBF, how many clubs in league one less than two years ago, gave this highly rated prospect a PL debut at 15?

 

We are probably hoping for such a big fee but there hasn’t been a precedent for this type of transfer.

[Lcfcwigstonblue]

Think it’s a poor move for him other than financial gain.

Will be playing Under 21s football again and won’t improve at that level 

[st albans fox]

28 minutes ago, Lcfcwigstonblue said:

Think it’s a poor move for him other than financial gain.

Will be playing Under 21s football again and won’t improve at that level 

Arsenal? 
 

aren’t many teams out there at that level giving ‘mid-teenagers’ the opportunities they are 

nwanieri, Lewis-skelley, Dowman.  if Monga is as good as he think he is then he’ll get plenty of first team exposure in the carrabao cup and the easier champions league fixtures. 

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, Lcfcwigstonblue said:

Think it’s a poor move for him other than financial gain.

Will be playing Under 21s football again and won’t improve at that level 

It’s really not. At the very least, if he puts the work in and wants to succeed, it will elevate him to at least getting loan moves at a higher level than we will offer him to sit on our bench anyway.

 

The absolute worst thing he could do for his career would be to stay with us. We are a shambolically run L1 club with a poor approach to youth development. 

[JimJams]

If he doesn't succeed at Arsenal there's always the chance he drops to a Fulham (Smith-Rowe) or Brentford (Reiss Nelson).  Success with us (in the short term) wouldn't get you that, unless we ended up back in the Premier League ourselves.  If you were him which gamble would you take?

[ronnup]

So we get **** all then basically 

 

Rotten sport

[SafewayFox]

1 hour ago, ronnup said:

So we get **** all then basically 

 

Rotten sport

I thought the rumour was stated at £10m?

[filbertway]

17 minutes ago, SafewayFox said:

I thought the rumour was stated at £10m?

There's 2 possible paths.

1. We agree a fee with Arsenal 

2. No agreement is reached, he still goes to Arsenal and a 3rd party decide how much compensation we should receive.

[ealingfox]

Have we had any money from Liverpool for Nyoni yet? Tribunal route seems such a stitch-up.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

"It's a poor move from him, he won't play at Arsenal!!!!!" the lad has spent most of this season watching Stephy Mavididi play like Olly Murs at Soccer Aid.

 

And just because he'll probably be loaned out from Arsenal, it doesn't make leaving us to go to the Premier League winners a bad move. **** me, some of the shite on here

[st albans fox]

5 hours ago, ronnup said:

So we get **** all then basically 

 

Rotten sport

From what I read, our agreement with him automatically kicks in when he reaches 17

so Arsenal will have to come to an agreement with us 

 

however, i also think that we’ve agreed to pay him 40k/week which we can’t afford 

that will mean Arsenal have leverage making a deal.  Can’t believe they’ll be happy to be paying a 17 y o that much. incredibly we could end up in a scenario where the clubs agree the player is worth £10m but Arsenal refuse to pay more than 20k and the player then demands that we pay him the £2m shortfall over the two years. In practice that would mean the 2m coming off the transfer fee and being paid as a s/o fee by Arsenal. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

however, i also think that we’ve agreed to pay him 40k/week which we can’t afford 

 

Have I missed something?

[st albans fox]

13 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Have I missed something?

Last year when he agreed a scholars contract which automatically became a full pro deal on his 17th birthday, some on here said they’d heard we’d agreed to pay that to ensure he signed. 

[dannythefox]

I’m actually not that bothered, we’re shit and it’s our own fault. Anyone sorting this deal out should be getting him for next season it’s not difficult to sort it he’ll end up in there 21s doing nothing.

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

From what I read, our agreement with him automatically kicks in when he reaches 17

so Arsenal will have to come to an agreement with us 

 

however, i also think that we’ve agreed to pay him 40k/week which we can’t afford 

that will mean Arsenal have leverage making a deal.  Can’t believe they’ll be happy to be paying a 17 y o that much. incredibly we could end up in a scenario where the clubs agree the player is worth £10m but Arsenal refuse to pay more than 20k and the player then demands that we pay him the £2m shortfall over the two years. In practice that would mean the 2m coming off the transfer fee and being paid as a s/o fee by Arsenal. 

That will be massively reduced with a relegation reduction surely.

[Sly]

25 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That will be massively reduced with a relegation reduction surely.

You would think so, however Jon Rudkin was involved with sorting the contract ……. So ….

[st albans fox]

33 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That will be massively reduced with a relegation reduction surely.

if it’s true then it was put in there to convince him to sign - to ensure the club received a fee, 

if you were his agent, would you have allowed a relegation clause to be inserted ?  If you did then you’d also request a much reduced release clause to compensate. This was a deal that suited both parties. guaranteed Monga £4m over two years and the club a transfer fee.