Liverpool teen Ngumoha signs first pro contract
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Sep 25, 2025, 10:21 AM ETRio Ngumoha signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on Thursday, with the Premier League champions rewarding the teenager for his first-team breakthrough.
His new deal comes a month after he scored his first goal for the club -- a dramatic 100th-minute winner in a 3-2 win at Newcastle United.
He turned 17 four days later.
Ngumoha, whose five senior appearances for the club also include a Champions League victory against Atlético Madrid, had previously been on a scholar's contract.
He joined Liverpool in the summer of 2024 from Chelsea's academy.
A tribunal is yet to decide how much compensation Liverpool need to pay to the west London club as part of the then-15-year-old's move up north.
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Speaking after Ngumoha's goal at Newcastle, Arne Slot reserved praise for the starlet.
"He's a player that can finish really well for his age," Slot explained.
When the second player came, he got across him, and for him to score that goal is not completely a coincidence because for his age he is an amazing finisher."