Rio Ngumoha 'buzzing' after shock phone call led to major breakthrough for Liverpool star

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He told England's official app: “I’ll say it was a crazy feeling.“I was happy, I was buzzing. I knew from when we had the meeting before that it was a first-half team and a second-half team, so I was preparing.“It’s good that I didn’t have much time to think about it, but I wasn’t too nervous, to be fair.

I just wanted to play and just show everyone what I could do. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page“I was just at home and then I got a call from John [McDermott, FA director of football] and he just said, ‘How are you?

Would you like to be part of the training squad in Miami, to help the pre-cam'," Ngumoha added.“And I just said, ‘Yeah, of course.’ I came out here with an open mind, like when you get a call saying that you could be training with the World Cup squad as a young kid or just as anyone really, you would never turn down the opportunity.“I knew what my role was, to come out here just to help the other players train, but also to show what I can do as well, but it’s been great.“On the pitch, obviously, you’re training with the best players in the world so you learn every day and you see how good everyone is and how top, top class they are. Like everyone’s so nice, everyone’s so chill and no-one’s judgmental or anything.“I think everyone forgets that footballers are just normal people, and everyone interacts well with each other and everyone’s been so nice and friendly.”