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McAteer: There’s Still Work To Be Done

Since breaking through to the First Team in the 23/24 season, Kasey McAteer has relished every opportunity given to him, always striving for more.

2025-06-05T10:00+01:00

by Matthew Temple

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05 Jun, 2025

McAteer: There’s Still Work To Be Done

Since breaking through to the First Team in the 23/24 season, Kasey McAteer has relished every opportunity given to him, always striving for more.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-05T10:00+01:00

McAteer: There’s Still Work To Be Done

Since breaking through to the First Team in the 23/24 season, Kasey McAteer has relished every opportunity given to him, always striving for more.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-05T10:00+01:00

McAteer: There’s Still Work To Be Done

Since breaking through to the First Team in the 23/24 season, Kasey McAteer has relished every opportunity given to him, always striving for more.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-05T10:00+01:00

McAteer: There’s Still Work To Be Done

Since breaking through to the First Team in the 23/24 season, Kasey McAteer has relished every opportunity given to him, always striving for more.

Matthew Temple

2025-06-05T10:00+01:00

In an App-exclusive with the Academy graduate, which includes the full feature-length piece, McAteer opened up on what it has been like to rise through the ranks at his beloved Leicester City.

From idolising the likes of Jamie Vardy from pitchside as a ball boy, to sharing the dressing room with him is something he’ll never quite believe.

“It means everything, it’s like a dream come true playing for this Club,” the winger expressed. “It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was a kid.

One of our own.

“I remember I was 13, 14 watching Vards (Jamie Vardy) play and score goals in the Premier League and now I’ve sat opposite him in the dressing room.

“It’s quite surreal when you think about it in that sense.”

Back to the start, when Kasey was playing for the Under-9s at Belvoir Drive, he reflects on the sacrifices his parents made to ensure he had the best possible chance of turning football into a career.

“My mum and dad would make four or five trips a week when I was a boy, from the age of nine to when I was about 14,” McAteer explained. “That was five years of their life they were sacrificing to bring me after work.

Focused on the next chapter.

“They gave up a lot and, when I left home, it was a sad moment for me. My dad told me that he had a little cry. But they knew to look at the bigger picture and that it was about giving me the opportunity.

“I always say that my dad was my first ever coach and I would like to say me moving paid off. They (my parents) do tell me how proud they are and hopefully I can keep making them proud.”

McAteer is one of many promising talents to come through the Academy set-up, as he mentions team-mates Luke Thomas and Hamza Choudhury as others to flourish when given their chance.

With the next group of stars ready to make their mark, such as Jake Evans and 15-year-old Jeremy Monga, McAteer hopes the long line of success continues to thrive in the years to come.

Hitting new heights.

He added: “There’s so many that have come through the Academy; myself, Luke [Thomas], Hamz [Hamza Choudhury], Kiernan [Dewsbury-Hall], who has obviously moved on, and Ben Chilwell.

“You can see that there is a pathway because, in recent years, the Club has done really well in bringing young players through and long may that continue.”

The full and in-depth feature with one of our own is available to read now on the LCFC App.

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