Liverpool give debut to 16-year-old wonderkid Rio Ngumoha vs Accrington after signing winger from Chelsea in the summer
LIVERPOOL have handed a shock debut to 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha.
The Reds face Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup third round this afternoon.
Rio Ngumoha will make his Liverpool debut aged 16 against Accrington Stanley[/caption]
And unsurprisingly Arne Slot named a second-string XI for the clash against the League Two strugglers.
But that meant he could bring young winger Nguhoma into the team.
The star was born in August 2008 and came through the youth academy at Chelsea.
He signed for Liverpool in the summer and has chipped in with four assists in the Under-18s Premier League and Uefa Youth League this season.
Slot put him on the England U17 star on the bench for the Carabao cup quarter-final win over Southampton in December – although he did not get on.
But instead the teenager will step out at Anfield alongside the likes of experienced international stars Trent Alexander-Arnold, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Harvey Elliott, Jarell Quansah and Tyler Morton also start for Liverpool – with the trio all more than five years older than their team-mate Ngumoha.
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