The latest Leicester City head coach, Marti Cifuentes, is seemingly sympathetic or empathetic to the Foxes fan base. When the home support called for the ex-Queens Park Rangers boss to make a substitution - he duly obliged only three minutes later, according to this report. In fact, Leicester Mercury go further by saying that Cifuentes actually brought on the player the faithful's chants called for and replaced the appropriate star after the singing prompt.
This decision by the Catalan, if true, is pretty remarkable. Of course, there is the chance that the manoeuvre was just pure coincidence, with spectators and management viewing and coming to the same conclusion. But Cifuentes could well have chosen to hook one winger and replace him with the other once the mood turned inside King Power Stadium. So, what was claimed exactly? And what do we make of the actual situation?
Certain Leicester City fans want young Fox to replace star - boss Marti Cifuentes takes notice of supporters' demand
Sadly, Stephy Mavididi's productivity is not sufficient at the moment. Although, the general consensus is that the wingman is improving somewhat. He has also got fans off their feet at times during the campaign and on Saturday versus Coventry City.
Yet the 27-year-old probably also should have scored against the Sky Blues. Though he has scored no goals and supplied zero assists this season so far. Therefore I can totally see why members of the Blue Army are calling for Jeremy Monga's inclusion from the start.
Below this paragraph is a statement from LCFC Live's match review about Mavididi and the request from Leicester's support:
"The moment missed (Mavididi wasting an opportunity to score) resulted in the Foxes faithful chanting Jeremy Monga’s name.Josh Holland, LCFC Live
Three minutes later, the 17-year-old came on. Once again, he looked a threat and got fans off their seats after a brilliant piece of skill to beat Tatsuhiro Sakamoto."
As it happens, I have advocated for Monga to be deployed from the start of Championship fixtures for a while now. He could be tried at No.10 in Aaron Ramsey's absence. Alternatively, I'd be content for the 16-year-old to take Mavididi's place, for now.