Official: Liverpool offload future gem, Rio Ngumoha, from Chelsea

Ngumoha Riverof 16 year, he is a player Liverpool for all purposes after the network equipment obtains the reception of Premier League. The transfer of Ngumoha had to complete a series of previous bureaucratic steps before becoming official because he was a minor and his movement was between two categories of a quarry, as explained in TheAthletic. So when it’s over, the ex of Chelsea He shared an image of himself posing in a Liverpool shirt.

Last July, Liverpool’s interest in Rio Ngumoha was revealed by Fabrizio Romano. The footballer wants to join the red club and that decision was key so he ended up wearing red. Ngumoha, who has English and Nigerian nationality but is a youth international in England, was born in 2008 and plays as a left winger, although he can play on the right and in the middle.

However, Ngumoha will not play in the first team, at least initially. At 16 years old he will start to Liverpool U18 by Marc Bridge-Wilkinson and could make his debut on September 14 against Blackburn Rovers. And since this is a move for a player who is still in training, the compensation Liverpool will pay Chelsea has not yet been agreed but it will be a sum of six figuressomething common for a player of his age and experience and will cover training and development costs, as they say in TheAthletic.

The path that Liverpool’s young talent was experiencing was key for Ngumoha to decide to sign for the Anfield club. Jarell Quansah (21 years old), Conor Bradley (21 years old) or Trey Nyoni (17 years old) has already played some minutes in the first team. In fact, Quansah and Bradley were key in the last episode of the previous season, still under the orders of Jurgen Klopp. The German coach debuted Nyoni with the first team when he was 16 years old, it was on February 28, 2024 in a 3-0 win in Liverpool against Southampton in the FA Cup In that sense, the transfer of Liverpool for Rio Ngumoha in what he did in the summer of 2023 with the same Trey Nyonisigned from Leicester City at the age of 16, and with Amara Nallowho switched West Ham United for the red team when he was 17 years old.

‘Overbooking’ at Chelsea

Rio Ngumoha wanted to play for Liverpool and that is why he decided to accept the offer and leave the club. Chelseaalthough it is also true that at Stamford Bridge there is anything but attacking space. We can only find forwards of the first team Mykhaylo Mudrik, Joao Félix, Jadon Sancho, Pedro Neto, Noni Madueke, Nicolas Jackson, Marc Guiu, David Datro Fofana, Cole Palmer and Christopher Nkunku. Not to mention players loaned by the blue club. It doesn’t seem like the most promising place for a 16-year-old player.

The signing of Ngumoha is regarded by Liverpool as a big hit on the table. A talent with huge potential who was named best player of the tournament when the Chelsea U-16 team became national champions in October. That marked his debut with the Blues under-21s in January. In fact, the very John Terryformer Chelsea captain, said of Ngumoha: “This kid is and will be a top-level player.”

His presence in Liverpool’s first team is expected to be far from over. That’s true Arne Slott He is a coach who likes to work with young players but seeing the Reds’ good start to the season (3 wins in 3 games and 0 goals conceded), perhaps his debut in the first team is delayed. The red club wants Ngumoha to learn and evolve calmly, but seeing the emergence last season of young players like Quansah, Bradley, Jayden Danns, Lewis Koumas, Bobby Clark or the aforementioned Trey Nyoniit’s no wonder he’s knocking on the door of the first team sooner rather than later. own Lamine Yamal At FC Barcelona he shows that age is just a number, although it is true that playing at a high level at 16-17 years old is also not common.

” data-youtube-vid src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/

?enablejsapi=1″ width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen>