TEENAGE KICKS

CIFUENTES WANTS MORE ACADEMY YOUNGSTERS TO FOLLOW MONGA AND PAGE INTO CITY'S FIRST TEAM

- Jordan Blackwell

LEICESTER City’s youngest stars are showing maturity beyond their years with manager Marti Cifuentes building a process for more academy talents to follow in their footsteps, writes Jordan Blackwell.

At 16 and 17 years old, Jeremy Monga and Louis Page are comfortably the youngest players to have featured in the Championship this season, with no other under-18s making an appearance across the whole of the division.

And they are showing a selflessness not usually associated with those so young.

In City’s last outing, the 2-0 win over Birmingham, Page and Monga set up the two goals.

It’s one of the qualities that has given Cifuentes the confidence to use them so frequently, despite their age.

Cifuentes said: “I’m very happy for them because it shows maturity that they don’t just try to finish by themselves. Sometimes players can be selfish when they're young.