"Rio Ngumoha signed his first professional contract with Liverpool on Thursday, with the Premier League champions rewarding the teenager for his first-team breakthrough. His new deal comes a month after he scored his first goal for the club -- a dramatic 100th-minute winner in a 3-2 win at Newcastle United. He turned 17 four days later. Ngumoha, whose five senior appearances for the club also include a Champions League victory against Atlético Madrid, had previously been on a scholar's contract."
"How firm his shot was, you don't see this often for a 16-year-old. "I did hear someone afterwards in the dressing room, I won't say who, said they would have taken that ball, have a first touch, then finish it off. But he is so confident. That's what I like, because the first ball he got he wasn't afraid. He immediately took someone on. When the second player came, he got across him, and for him to score that goal is not completely a coincidence"
Rio Ngumoha signed his first professional contract with Liverpool after progressing from a scholar's deal. He scored a 100th-minute winner in a 3-2 victory at Newcastle and turned 17 shortly afterward. He has five senior appearances, including a Champions League win against Atlético Madrid. Ngumoha joined Liverpool from Chelsea's academy in summer 2024, with a tribunal to determine compensation for the move. Liverpool rewarded his first-team breakthrough with the professional deal. Manager Arne Slot praised Ngumoha's finishing, confidence, composure on the ball and ability to take defenders on despite his young age.
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