Brighton & Hove Albion have signed former Arsenal trainee Jeffrey Monakana from Preston North End for an undisclosed fee.
The 20-year-old winger originally signed for Preston from Arsenal in 2012, but has now put pen to paper on a development contract that will keep him at Albion until June 2015.
"Jeffrey fits the criteria for the type of player we want to bring for the development group," said David Burke, head of football operations at Brighton.
"He has a good grounding, good attitude and has the added bonus of more than 40 senior games at League One level with Preston and Colchester.
"A quick and powerful winger, Jeffrey is comfortable operating on either the left or right side. He has a year and a half left at under-21 level, and his challenge now is to make the transition from our development group into the first-team squad."
Albion currently find themselves in sixth position in the Championship table.
Christopher Dodd
