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Liverpool Sign Rio Ngumoha to First Professional Contract

The 17-year-old’s deal formalizes his first-team status ahead of a delayed tribunal to decide Chelsea’s compensation.

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Soccer Football - Carabao Cup - Third Round - Liverpool v Southampton - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - September 23, 2025 Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha in action with Southampton's Elias Jelert REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Liverpool - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - August 25, 2025 Liverpool's Rio Ngumoha celebrates scoring their third goal REUTERS/Scott Heppell/File Photo

Overview

  • Liverpool announced the academy graduate has signed his first professional deal shortly after his 17th birthday, with multiple outlets reporting a maximum three-year term running to 2028.
  • Ngumoha has broken into Arne Slot’s senior squad, becoming the club’s youngest goalscorer with a 100th-minute winner at Newcastle and making a Champions League appearance.
  • The winger moved from Chelsea in 2024 and a Professional Football Compensation Committee hearing to set the fee has been pushed back to November or December.
  • Slot has publicly praised the teenager’s finishing and confidence, using him across domestic and European fixtures this season.
  • The club paired the contract news with updated anti-touting figures, reporting 1,114 lifetime bans last season and extensive shutdowns of fake ticket networks.