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Daily Mirror UK
|July 31, 2025
Amid big-money new arrivals, teenager Ngumoha has been star of Kop Asia tour
LIVERPOOL are set to pass the £300million mark for summer spending but it is a teenager brought in a year ago who has caught the eye during preseason.
Reds boss Arne Slot understandably tried to quell some of the growing hype after a stunning solo goal from 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha in Japan.
Yet on the day Luis Diaz departed, the signing from Chelsea's academy a year ago caught the eye in a 3-1 comeback win against Yokohama F. Marinos.
Florian Wirtz, the £116m man from Bayer Leverkusen, also got his first goal in Liverpool colours on what ended up a decent workout on a dodgy pitch in the Far East. That was the equaliser after Asahi Uenaka's opener for the J1 League side.
Teenage pair Trey Nyoni and Ngumoha both then scored in an action-packed second half as Liverpool said farewell to the Far East.
This story is from the July 31, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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