The modern phrase 'wow, just wow' (if it can even be labelled that way without any real substance) occasionally fits a scenario perfectly – or so it certainly seemed on this occasion. A seemingly well-meaning young man, who is already likely a millionaire or will be very soon, has somehow managed to pick exactly the wrong words when trying to honour his boyhood club.
Jeremy Monga was effectively an essential sale for Leicester City, forced through by the total mismanagement and financial negligence of The King Power International Group. The LE2 club's owners have been left with no choice but to put the entire organisation up for sale because of their own incompetence and mismanaged - with the threat of administration now looming as a clear and present danger.
Every single player at the club is now said to be up for grabs, even after a whole host of professionals had already walked away, or had been forced out, from the Foxes earlier in the summer. Not all of those who ultimately departed conducted themselves in the same way, though, and some have carried themselves with far more class than others – Harry Winks, that remark is squarely aimed at you.
Leicester City a stepping stone for Jeremy Monga
It now appears that new Manchester City winger Monga has made a particularly unfortunate and clumsy faux pas in his first major public comments since leaving the East Midlands. When interviewed roughly a week ago (a piece this writer missed at the time but felt compelled to address as soon as learning of his words), Monga described his time at LCFC as the 'foundation' that provided his fledgling career with a 'stepping stone'.
"Monga played 30 times last season and took "positives" from his time at King Power Stadium as the club "gave me the foundation and stepping stone" at the start of his career."BBC
It looks very much like the Coventry-born teenager's media training has not yet had a chance to kick in, and he would have been far better off simply sticking to the word 'foundation' and leaving it at that. By adding that one extra phrase, he has handed ammunition to those who may misinterpret the meaning as disrespectful to the outfit that gave him his first chance in professional football.
Using the term 'stepping stone' in this context is highly unusual for footballers, precisely because it carries such risky connotations and would naturally cause deep upset among the fan bases of the teams referenced. It is an expression generally avoided by those who know how much emotion and loyalty is tied up in British sport in particular.
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