Insider: Liverpool set to take affirmative action after rumoured Bayern approach for Rio Ngumoha
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ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYEx-Manchester United chief scout Mick Brown claimed that the Anfield hierarchy ‘will be fuming’ at the covert manner of the Bavarian club’s approach for the player, whose brother had reportedly ‘signalled’ that he’d be interested in a move to the Allianz Arena, according to information shared by German insider Christian Falk.O’Rourke: Liverpool may be ‘very keen’ to seal new contract for NgumohaSpeaking on the Transfer Insider podcast for Football Insider, Pete O’Rourke said that Liverpool chiefs will be all the more determined to tie down Ngumoha to a new contract once he turns 18 at the end of August.The transfer correspondent explained: “Obviously Liverpool are not planning to lose Rio Ngumoha any time soon. “He’s under contract until 2028, but I think Liverpool’s officials will be very keen to sit down with Ngumoha’s representatives and try and thrash out a new deal when he turns 18 in a few months.
Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trust No reason not to hand a new long-term contract to Ngumoha Considering Ngumoha’s performances in his first campaign in senior football, and the alleged approach from the Allianz Arena, it seems a no-brainer for Liverpool to demonstrably show their faith in the 17-year-old by tying him down to a bumper new contract. It was only nine months ago that he signed his first professional deal at Anfield, but such has been his progress since then that he’d be worthy of improved terms to reflect his growing importance to the club.
Ngumoha’s stock has risen even further after an impressive senior debut for England last weekend, and there’s every chance that Andoni Iraola sees him as a fixed first-team starter for Liverpool once the new campaign begins in August. If Anfield chiefs were to sit down with the teenager’s representatives in the coming months and agree a bumper new contract which’d see him commit his long-term future to the Reds, it’d go down an absolute treat with Kopites everywhere.