Liverpool are “deleting and editing” training footage involving one specific player for a very good reason, it has been claimed.The Reds are flying at the moment under Arne Slot, leading both the Premier League and Champions League tables and losing just one game in all competitions.
Their sensational run of form and brilliant brand of football is made more impressive by the fact that Liverpool have done it with just one significant signing in the summer in Federico Chiesa, who has barely played amid fitness problems.
But in a deal that went slightly under the radar, Liverpool signed 16-year-old youngster Rio Ngumoha from Chelsea in September. The move passed the Premier League’s five-step approval process, but a tribunal has been called to decide how much compensation Liverpool must pay for the starlet.
It’s claimed that Liverpool are altering training footage where he has “terrorised first team players” and editing it out of their Inside Training series on YouTube.As per Wyscout, the left-sided player has a dribbling success rate of 72.2% in the Under 18 Premier League but the next step for him will be to bring his form to the Under 21’s, where he is yet to feature just yet.
Ngumoha is not shy of confidence though and has already admitted he has ambitions to win the Ballon d’Or, the biggest individual prize for a footballer, in his professional career.
“I think for me, we’re all believing that I can win the Ballon d’Or.” Ngumoha said in an interview with Lovell Soccer for their ‘Inside the Academy’ .