Rio Ngumoha authorized his first professional contract with Liverpool on Thursday, with the Premier League champions rewarding the teenager for his first-team advancement.
His new deal comes a month after he scored his initial goal for the club– a dramatic 100 th-minute victor in a 3 – 2 win at Newcastle United He transformed 17 4 days later.
Ngumoha, whose five senior appearances for the club additionally include a Champions League success against Atlético Madrid , had actually formerly gotten on a scholar’s agreement.
He signed up with Liverpool in the summer season of 2024 from Chelsea ‘s academy. A tribunal is yet to make a decision just how much payment Liverpool need to pay to the west London club as component of the then- 15 -year-old’s go up north.
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Talking after Ngumoha’s goal at Newcastle, Arne Port booked praise for the starlet.
“He’s a gamer that can end up really well for his age,”Port described.”How solid his shot was, you do not see this frequently for a 16-year-old.
“I did hear a person afterwards in the dressing space, I will not claim that, stated they would certainly have taken that round, have a first touch, then complete it off. However he is so confident.
“That’s what I such as, because the first round he got he had not been worried. He promptly took a person on. When the 2nd gamer came, he made clear him, and for him to rack up that objective is not completely a coincidence due to the fact that for his age he is a fantastic finisher.”