From the age of eight to 16, Rio Ngumoha was a Blue. A Chelsea Blue.But there is no doubting it now – the forward is a Red after scoring Liverpool’s last-minute winner away at Newcastle.
All the talk going into Monday’s game was about whether Liverpool might sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, who remains in exile, after a £110m bid was rejected earlier this month.But Ngumoha was the post-match headliner.
And this follows the pattern of his fledgling career to date. In academy circles Ngumoha has been the talk of English football for the last five years or so having excelled in Chelsea’s Cobham academy.
Last September he left Stamford Bridge in shock as Liverpool wrestled him away from Chelsea.
On Friday he turns 17 and will sign his first professional contract at the Anfield club, one that is sure to be highly lucrative given his talents.
So why he was he so sought after? What happened at Chelsea? And what promise does he bring to Liverpool?
…BBC
