Trey Nyoni is about to justify calls that he will be the Premier League’s ‘breakout star’ of 26/27
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Rio Ngumoha was arguably the breakout player of the 2025/26 Premier League season, as the Liverpool talent went from young hopeful, to a bona fide starting candidate.Nobody will be caught unawares by Ngumoha this time around, with the 17-year-old now well established amongst the Reds’ attacking options.That does not mean that Liverpool could not spring a surprise in 2026/27, with Trey Nyoni looking primed to follow Ngumoha’s lead and become the next best young player in the Premier League. Are you happy with FSG’s decision to sell 30% of Liverpool?
Santiago/Chris Brunskill/Fantasista Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has backed Nyoni to do exactly that, and be the player who shoots himself right into the centre of the footballing consciousness this season, and based on his displays during the summer, the 19-year-old looks likely to answer the call.Crouch backs Nyoni for a big seasonNyoni has been on Liverpool supporters’ radar ever since the 2023/24 season, when he made his debut as a 16-year-old following his signing from Leicester City.But while Reds fans have been aware of his quality and development for a long while, the rest of the country may not even know who he is.READ MORE: How Bradley Barcola actually compares against Cody Gakpo since he joined LiverpoolAccording to Crouch, that is soon going to change, with the former Liverpool man tipping Nyoni to be the ‘breakout star’ of the league.“Breakout star? I went to this game and there was a player who I think was only 16, a right winger, looked good for Liverpool,” he said on That Peter Crouch Podcast, presumably about Liverpool academy youngster Josh Abe.“But, Trey Nyoni, I think he could break out this season.
He’s a good player.”Nyoni is primed for a bigger roleCrouch has clearly been watching Liverpool’s pre-season this summer, and he is far from being the only one impressed by Nyoni.The teenager has looked completely ready to take on a bigger role within the Liverpool squad, and that could come once Curtis Jones has finally left for Inter Milan.Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesMany supporters would like to see Liverpool enter the market for a midfielder should Jones go, but given Nyoni’s pre-season excellence, that does not look especially necessary.The former Leicester prospect can pick up the minutes that Jones leaves behind, and that should slowly grow into him becoming a proper squad player for Liverpool.After watching what he has served up so far this summer, that is not an unreasonable expectation to place on Nyoni, and if he can force his way into the reckoning under Andoni Iraola, Crouch’s prediction could easily come true. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox