Chelsea's Rio Ngumoha battle with Liverpool could be delayed FOR MONTHS

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The two Premier League giants have failed to come to an agreement following the teenager's move last year and a tribunal is now not expected until an end of the year.

There had been a belief that the situation could be resolved by the end of September.

A similar tribunal was required when Harvey Elliott moved from Fulham to Liverpool and awarded the west London club a £1.5million fee with up to £2.8m in further payments triggered by Elliott’s achievements.

Ngumoha has already played a crucial role this season by scoring the winning goal in the Premier League clash with Newcastle.

The Dutchman reckons the youngster will benefit from the competition he faces.

"The good thing is if you are a youngster playing at Liverpool, there are players you are playing with who are still better than you are," Slot said on Friday.

"That I think helps to stay grounded and to know there are still steps to make.

"If you are playing at maybe a club of a lower level and you are as good as Rio, you maybe belong straight away to the best players of the team and that can lead to maybe a situation where he's not as grounded as he should be.

"But here that's not a problem at all.

To become really good is something a lot of players maybe can do, but to become consistently really good is why the top players stand out."

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