Liverpool followers who watched the membership’s coaching content material on Friday could have observed one academy starlet in amongst the glittering assortment of seasoned first-team names.
As Arne Slot’s squad gear up for tonight’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Aston Villa, a sure Rio Ngumoha was noticed partaking within the session alongside the Mo Salahs and Virgil van Dijks of this world.
The winger solely turned 16 in August however it attests to how extremely he’s regarded by the Reds that they have been ready to leap by a number of administrative hurdles to finish his switch from Chelsea throughout the summer time.
Ngumoha trains with Liverpool first workforce
Lewis Bower, who supplies unbiased protection of Liverpool’s academy groups, posted a photograph to X on Friday which reveals Ngumoha coaching with the primary workforce.
The 16-year-old could be seen duelling with fellow rising star Trey Nyoni – who has made a few senior Reds appearances – and the acquainted face of Dominik Szoboszlai.
Nyoni and Ngumoha in coaching collectively duelling with Szoboszlai. pic.twitter.com/ENPn1CT28h
— Lewis Bower (@LewisBower2021) November 8, 2024
Liverpool have very excessive hopes for Ngumoha
Having but to even play at under-21 degree, we are able to assume that Ngumoha was included in Liverpool first-team coaching purely from a developmental viewpoint and that his matchday involvement this weekend might be with the under-18s in opposition to Stoke fairly than the senior facet in opposition to Villa.
Nonetheless, his mere inclusion in Friday’s session hints at how extremely he’s rated on Merseyside – Fabrizio Romano has mentioned in current weeks that the 16-year-old is a ‘sensational’ expertise who Reds chiefs ‘are in love with’.
The ex-Chelsea starlet caught the attention once more in midweek with an outstanding help for Keyrol Figueroa as LFC’s under-19s got here from behind to defeat Bayer Leverkusen within the UEFA Youth League.
Ngumoha’s transfer to Liverpool has infuriated the west London membership to such an extent {that a} tribunal is about to be known as to find out the eventual compensation payment for the switch.
His involvement with the Reds’ first-team coaching is one other optimistic step within the vastly promising profession of this much-vaunted wonderkid. A senior debut may nonetheless be a way off, however as long as he can keep away from any main setbacks, it appears inevitable that he’ll get that chance sooner or later.
