If Liverpool 's plethora of world-class summer signings, at a cost of over £200 million, didn't already stir up enough excitement among supporters, the emergence of 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha has surely added the finishing touch.

A prodigious attacking midfielder, whose name has long circulated in youth-football circles, Ngumoha had already given a glimpse of his potential when became the youngest Liverpool player [aged 16 years and 135 days old] to appear in the FA Cup when given a start against Accrington Stanley back in January 2025 (his only senior appearance to date.) But in Liverpool's final pre-season clash against Athletic Club at Anfield, the teenager made his breakthrough from the first whistle.

With only two minutes on the clock, Ngumoha scored a brilliant individual goal

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