Rio Ngumoha appears to be one of the most exciting young people in world football, and it is no surprise why the teenager conversations with the elite of sport in the neighborhood
Rio Ngumoha was not a shortage of offers in the decision to sign for Liverpool, where Jurgen Klopp indirectly played a key role in his arrival in Anfield. The 16-year-old signed last summer for the Reds after having spent eight years in the Academy of Chelsea.
Considered as one of the most promising players of the blues, he was offered a grant by the Premier League side. But he chose to become a member of the Liverpool academy, where he initially became a member of the club of the club under the age of 18.
More than a year since his signing, the teenager has emerged as one of the most appreciated talents in the country thanks to his exploits in the preseason this summer with the Premier League champions. With four goals and assists to his name in six games, he closed the club's season preparations with a stunning solo goal in a 4-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Monday for fans on Anfield.
Realizing that the ceiling of Ngumoha is alien, Liverpool supporters would certainly get extra satisfaction, knowing that he rejected Manchester United last summer thanks to the work that the Reds had already done to secure his future.
According to athletics, the winger had conversations last June with the Red Devils, who had drawn up their plans for him when he decided to leave Chelsea. As he insisted on his signing, United Chiefs admitted the defeat, in the conviction that they were behind Liverpool in the chase for his signature.
Although the Arne Slot was at the helm when Ngumoha arrived, Krediet was handed over to Klopp about the role he may have played in the decision of the attacker to change clubs.
The German Die left the club last summer, after the announcement of his decision to leave earlier that season-was known for his preference to bring young people to Liverpool through the first team. The Daily Mail reported that Ngumoha's decision to become a member of Liverpool was motivated by Klopp's methods to integrate Academy players into his team.
The last victory of the Reds Carabao Cup on Chelsea Last year was immediately pointed out of an important factor, because Klopp six graduates in Liverpool Academy played at Wembley. While Cooimhin Kelleher and Conor Bradley started the game, Jayden Danns, Bobby Clark, James McConnell and Jarell Quansah all arrived.
Prior to his Liverpool relocation, Ngumoha had only made one performance for the U21 team of Chelsea and he still had to make his professional debut. Since then he has done exactly that with the Reds, where he started in their 4-0 win against Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup earlier this year and has played a leading role in the preseason.
The winger discussed his experience playing with the first team this summer while he opened up about the influence that Mohamed Salah has in himself and the rest of the young players in Liverpool. “Training with the best team in the world; the players with whom you can train teach you from them and you really test yourself to them,” he said in his first Liverpoolfc.com interview last week.
“It has been very good. Patience is the key. I don't want to hurry. I am young. Keep working hard, drink hard and just show the manager what I can really do, and influence the team. They really help the young players – especially me, Trey, Trey [Nyoni].
“They really help us establish us. [Mohamed] Salah was one of my role models that clearly grew up, so it's really big [to be] Learn from him. Everyone is really professional and you can see why they are at the top. They always think of football, recovery, small things such as good food. So, so, [you] Can absolutely learn a lot from them. “