by Liverpool already appointed the rewards when you set your chips to 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha. “What a moment, enjoy it,” said Reds Manager Arne Slot to the debutant, who sunbathes in his 100th minute winner at Newcastle. He will hope that many moments will come.
It would have been quite a statement that in the middle of an effort of 269 million pounds games with the quality of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Hugo Ekikte, Liverpool’s most exciting view, which came out of the pre -season, came in the form of an emerging youthful wing player. But like the hype around the former Chelsea product, expectations have already been increased. A player who already draws comparisons with Neymar from the back of his academy exploits was his delightful solo goal within two minutes of his Angeld bend against sporty Bilbao only fuel.
Liverpools Rio Ngumoha wheels away after achieving a Premier League winner against Newcastle in his debut (Owen Humphreys/Pa) (PA Wire) after having won a winner of the Premier League.
This was the ability that Liverpool decided on a risk and that the Premier League trend has been received in recent years. Instead of spending a lot to more “proven” players to fill the emptiness left by Luis Diaz, Liverpool decided not to escalate Malick Fofana and Paris Heiliger-Germain Star Bradley Barcola to escalate to make the talent available. A path was made available in the first team for Ngumoha.
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Four minutes after his competitive debut and this decision was confirmed. Ngumoha showed serenity and conviction with a clinical first finish in the last breath of the game to win a victory for his team, which seemed to have slipped away. “Rio can be so good for his age,” said Slot. “I later heard someone say in the changing room that he would have made a first touch, but he is so confident.”
Ngumoha has professionally hidden to win the victory for Liverpool against Newcastle (Owen Humphreys/Pa)
Liverpool has not received for Bradley Barcola (picture) or Malick Fofana (Getty Images) (Getty Images)
In this Premier League era, Ngumoha got a chance that is increasingly rare. In a football business culture in which PSR is the top, youth players have regularly become financial farmers for clubs, since their sales clubs with immediate “pure profit” introduce an immediately “pure profit” in their accounts. Conversely, incoming players assume an amortized value in the books in which their transmission fee is amorized or distributed over the entire contracts in the entire contracts. This has contributed to the fact that academy products have blocked their paths through a flood of external arrivals, which would probably have been the case with NGUMOHA in the series donors Chelsea if he did not go to Liverpool in September 2024.
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Even before the Todd Boehly days, Chelsea was particularly guilty of hindering the progress of the youth prospects due to the lack of ways and stagnating their career over a longer period of time. Lucas Piazon, who came into the blues in 2011 as a coveted teenager, only signed three leading appearances for the association for nine years and was sent with seven loan trains during this time.
Manchester City fell the same foul, especially Cole Palmer, who give up Cole Palmer because it is unable to promise one of the most productive player times in the league. In the same summer, City spent Große to acquire Jeremy Doku as an attacking reinforcement. In the following two seasons, Palmer 37 achieved in the Premier League, while Doku only achieved six.
Arsenal seemed to open the doors for their best wonders to grow in the senior game. Ethan Nwaneri, 18, made a pen this summer about a bumper contract, while 15 -year -old Max Dowman became the second youngest Premier League player in history during an outstanding cameo against Leeds. The arrival of Eberechi Eze, which joins an English winger from Noni Madueke to get a combined fee of 108.5 million GBP – could now hinder the first team options for Nwaneri and probably pull a line for Dowman for the time being.
For Liverpool, however, the Teenage Starlet Ngumoha will be part of the Slot plans for the season. This is due to his raw skills and the fact.
The Liverpool head coach Arne Slot celebrates with match winner Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
At six days until the completion of the transfer window – three days after his 17th birthday – the teenager is currently an important beneficiary of the somewhat incomplete summer business of Liverpool. The sale of Diaz to 65.5 million GBP to Bayern Munich was one with an enthusiastic eye in order not to lose any other top player for less than their value. Liverpool did not see a better fee for the 29-year-old Colombian, whose contract was to expire in the summer of 2027. Darwin Nunez also followed the door-seine season would always be limited this season, while Diaz would have been regularly in Slots team. The exits of both opened up the possibilities for others to shine an opportunity that was caught by Ngumoha in the previous season.
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Ngumoha’s influential camera during the summer tour in Liverpool in Asia was partially relieved by Federico Chiesa’s absence after being left out of the travel father. Chiesa has found his way into the good books of slot since then – although The independent A withdrawal to his home country is still not impossible this summer – the Italian will be a deceased winner against Bournemouth on the opening evening. But until then, Ngumoha’s impression had already been made. He is now ready to share part of the minutes from Diaz, with Chiesa he, and Cody Gakpo, the left of the first choice.
Luis Diaz ‘move to Bayern Munich opened the possibilities in Liverpool (AFP/Getty).
Things could change when Alexander Isak gets his move to Liverpool (AP)
Suppose Liverpool is not released for Alexander Isak, the focus of the heated meeting on Monday in St. James’s Park. Newcastle is the intention that the Wantaway Swede is not for sale, even more according to its explosive statement on social media, which spoke about “broken promises”. But when he arrives and signs the summer colleague Hugo Ekikte as Premier No. 9 in Liverpool, the Frenchman, who has achieved his career as a Liverpool with three goals from three, will probably be relocated to the left and may start in front of Gakpo. That would knock on the Hack order below, the same result that partially discouraged the activities of Barcola and Fofana.
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The slot may look at his predecessor Jürgen Klopp how he deals with this situation. Klopp avoided buying a right-back so that a trent of Alexander-Arnold in the first team has thrown, a gambling that paid the best right-back on the planet as a Liverpool for a number of seasons. Ngumoha certainly has the potential to become one of the best. Whether he continues to have the chance could prove to be crucial in him if he recognizes it in Anfield.
