Rio Ngumoha given clear instruction on what he 'needs' after Liverpool breakthrough

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"He's got to surround himself with good people," the 41 year old told the Liverpool Echo. "You need to have people around you... who are going to tell you maybe when you're not pulling your weight, when maybe you need to be told this isn't good enough.

You need these people around you... people that are going to tell you what you need to hear as opposed to what you want to hear." Bent also warned Ngumoha about those who might present enticing prospects but whose intentions are self-serving rather than genuinely helpful. "They're going to be offering you everything, saying that they can look after you, they can do this for you, they can do that for you, when they know they've only got their self-interest at heart." Currently working as a talkSPORT pundit, Bent belongs to an exclusive group of just 34 players to have netted 100 or more Premier League goals.

He's also recalled for one of English football's most peculiar incidents: in 2009, whilst representing Sunderland against Liverpool, his effort struck a beach ball hurled onto the field by a supporter, deflecting past a bewildered Pepe Reina. To describe Chelsea's loss as Liverpool's gain hardly does justice to the situation.