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'Why not?': Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer urge Arne Slot to take a big gamble against PSG

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2-0 down vs PSG, it's going to be some ask from here… Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer urge Slot to start Rio Ngumoha vs PSGLiverpool fans have been hailing Ngumoha ever since his stellar performance against Fulham, where he scored a delightful goal and was instrumental in Liverpool’s positive attacking play. Lineker says: “I think he has to start.



I mean, in the two times he has started, he’s been their best player. I think the Liverpool fans have actually been calling out for him to start for quite some time now.Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images“And you can understand with a young player if there’s a slight reluctance and you don’t want to give them too much too soon.

Shearer echoes his co-host’s sentiment, remarking: “When he started him as he did yesterday and he performs like that, why would you then, I don’t know, I would definitely leave him in there. But he’s fresh, and he’s raw, and why not leave him in?” Are Liverpool in danger of blocking Rio’s pathway with a new signing this summer?