CHELSEA are set to lose a talented academy product dubbed "the next Musiala" according to reports. Rio Ngumoha, 15, is set to join Liverpool after they broke their historic wage structure to bring him in. Ngumoha has been compared to two former Chelsea academy products, Musiala and Michael Olise for his talent at a young age.
Chelsea lost Musiala to Bayern Munich in 2019, and he has gone on to prove himself as one of the world's finest talents. Olise was also lost by Chelsea to Manchester City 's academy in 2016, he went on to play professionally for Reading and Crystal Palace before completing £49.5million move to Bayern Munich yesterday.
According to Fabrizio Romano , Ngumoha is seen as such a special talent that Liverpool are willing to break their academy wage structure which has remained in place for years. He says a deal will be completed for the 15-year-old soon. Under their previous structure, which will be broken with the transfer of Ngumoha, academy players' earnings were capped at £50,000-a-year.
The cap is part of a larger set of rules that will remain in place. Players are also limited to a 'car clause' which means they can not own a vehicle over 1.3 litres.
CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS Players at the academy are also required to hand in their phones at 8:30am and are only given back at the end of the day. Explaining the rules, academy director Alex Inglethorpe told Jamie Carragher for the Telegraph : "It is a safety thing as much as anything. EN.
