Liverpool are already reaping the rewards from putting their chips on 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha. “What a moment, enjoy it,” Reds manager Arne Slot told the debutant, basking in his 100th-minute winner at Newcastle. He’ll hope there are many more moments to come.
It would have been quite the statement to say that, amid a £269m outlay to bring in players with the quality of Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Hugo Ekitike, Liverpool’s most exhilarating prospect coming out of pre-season was a burgeoning teenage winger. But like the hype surrounding the former Chelsea product, expectations were already rising. A player already drawing comparisons to Neymar off the back of his academy exploits, his delightful solo goal inside two minutes of his Anfield bow against Athletic Bilbao only added fuel to the fire.
