Transfer Confirmed (IN)

Friday 26th August 2016
The transfers keep coming at Belfast City… and the latest signing is West Brom winger Jonathan Leko… Leko, seventeen, joins on a ten thousand pound a week four year contract making him one of the joint highest paid players within the club!!! The rumoured value of the deal is said to be one million pounds also making him the joint second biggest transfer in Belfast City's short existence!!!

Jonathan Leko
Leko arrived in England from the Democratic Republic of Congo at the age of eight, when his father was granted asylum… Leko joined West Brom at the age of 11... He was included in West Brom's 2015 pre-season tour of Austria, making an appearance against Red Bull Salzburg by coming off the bench in a 3–1 loss for the Baggies…

Leko made his professional debut on 23 September 2015, coming off the bench in a League Cup defeat to Norwich City... On 2 April 2016, he was named in the matchday squad against Sunderland as a substitute, later coming on for Saido Berahino in the 78th minute and making his Premier League debut at just 16 years and 344 days... Leko was also the first player to be born in 1999 to make an appearance in the Premier League...  He made his first Premier League assist in a 1–1 draw against Liverpool, setting up Salomon Rondon's goal with a great solo run... Prior to the match, Leko was awarded West Brom's Young Player of the Season award… On 28 June 2016, he signed his first professional contract with the club, a three-year deal which runs through to the summer of 2019…

Leko has represented England at under-16 and under-17 levels... He assisted and scored for England U17s in a 3–1 win over Turkey U17s moving England one step closer to the under-17 European Championships in a crucial qualifier...  Leko's club team West Brom pulled the player out of England's squad for the 2016 U17 Championships so he could play in the final two games of the Premier League season... On 24 August 2016, Leko was called up to the England U18 team for the first time... He appeared in both games...