Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishThere hasn’t been much for the Leicester City fans to cheer about in what is rapidly becoming one of the worst campaigns in the club’s history.In fact, the biggest roar from Leicester fans so subdued by watching their team meekly slip towards the Championship — at least the ones who remained behind after the 34th minute when their side were already 3-0 down to Newcastle United – was the introduction of teenager Jeremy Monga.At the age of 15 years and 271 days, Monga became the second youngest player to play for the club after Ashley Chambers (15 years and 203 days in 2005) and the second youngest to appear in the Premier League behind Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri (15 years, 181 days).There has been plenty of hype around the academy graduate, plucked from his native Coventry when he was eight. Some of the biggest clubs in Europe, including Manchester City, Chelsea and Real Madrid, have been watching all his games for the under-18s and under-21s. Early on in his tenure, Ruud van Nistelrooy said the whole world already knows about Monga.Despite only being able to train once or twice a week with the first team because of school, Van Nistelrooy has been keen to get him involved and show him that there may be tempting offers from elsewhere, but there is a future pathway for him at Leicester.Monga is so young that he has to change in his own dressing area under safeguarding laws and the club’s shirt sponsor, an online gambling company, had to be left off his jersey.
(Alex Pantling/Getty Images)Monga is a rare talent and could have an amazing future, wherever he decides that will be. But the fact that Leicester have had to turn to a schoolboy to try to inject some much-needed hope and provide a semblance of a spark into what has been a beleaguered campaign that has left the club fractured and desperately in need of major change says so much.Once again, Van Nistelrooy’s Leicester side conceded inside the opening two minutes for the third time in eight games (just as they did away at Everton and Manchester City), and once again, they were left facing insurmountable odds as they tried to avoid yet another defeat.They offered little hope of doing that as they recorded their eighth consecutive defeat without scoring a goal and were picked off repeatedly as they attempted to do so.Van Nistelrooy seemed to have had enough. In fact, after Newcastle’s third goal went in, he wasn’t seen in the technical area until the second half. When the first goal was conceded, he stood and shook his head in disbelief. Nothing is working.He wasn’t alone. The thousands of disgruntled supporters who headed for the exits after former homegrown winger Harvey Barnes put Newcastle into a commanding lead inside 34 minutes have certainly had enough this season.Van Nistelrooy’s players also look like they can’t wait for this season to be over, for them to be put out of their misery — as Southampton have already been in record time.At the earliest, that inevitable fate will come when champions-elect Liverpool come to King Power Stadium in two weeks. There will still be five games to go after that.But Leicester cannot afford to limp towards that final day away at Bournemouth in the same fashion and carry the negativity from one of the worst seasons ever in their history into the summer and next season’s campaign. Something has to change.Somehow, Leicester must try to salvage some pride and provide a fanbase who have become so disconnected with their club a little hope that there can be a fresh start.
(Alex Pantling/Getty Images)The season has been a disaster. When Steve Cooper was sacked after just 12 games they had 10 points on the board. Van Nistelrooy has had 18 games as his successor and has now picked up just seven. It is one of the worst records in the league’s history.Only Paul Jewell with Derby County in 2007-8 (four) and Mick McCarthy with Sunderland in 2003 (five) have picked up fewer in their first 17 games, and Van Nistelrooy’s record of eight home games without a point or a goal is an all-time English league record. Only Daniel Farke has lost eight consecutive home Premier League games before, as Norwich City manager in 2021.They have now failed to score in eight successive Premier League games, and only Crystal Palace in January 1995 have endured a longer run in the competition (nine games).On Thursday, Van Nistelrooy was talking about wanting to battle on and experience the rest of the season with his players, and then see if he is ‘aligned’ with the club’s hierarchy about the future. By Monday night, his tone had changed.“I came here with the intent to bring the club forward,” he said in a brief post-match press conference. “So far, it hasn’t worked. I try different things, different players, different structures without results.”When he was asked about his immediate future, he was evasive.“It’s clear that the most important thing is this club and what’s best for this club, and that’s also something that we have to discuss.”He appeared to be opening the door for his own departure.
(Darren Staples/AFP via Getty Images)Not many managers have survived this long with such a poor record. Leicester seem to have decided until now there was very little that would change by another managerial swap and contract payoff that would place extra pressure on their profit and sustainability situation, but the longer this run goes on the more damage is being done — not only to Van Nistelrooy’s reputation as a coach, but to the relationship between the club and its fans.Some supporters have lost hope and are staying away. There were empty seats everywhere around the stadium, which is a rare sight for a Premier League fixture.Van Nistelrooy picked the same starting line-up for the fourth consecutive game, relying on the same small group, while seemingly falling out with some, especially midfielder Harry Winks, one of the highest earners at the club, who was again missing from the squad.Defensively, his side seems to have no structure and are far too vulnerable to any counter-attack, while there is little energy or spark going forward, hence the introduction of Monga.Van Nistelrooy, one of European football’s great strikers, had an aura about him when he arrived, but that has completely eroded. On Monday night, it felt like the end, like relegation, was near.(Header photo: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
