'Amazing' Liverpool star has 'dissatisfaction' revealed after Arne Slot exit | OneFootball

Liverpool's fanbase were left rather disappointed with the performances that their team put in during the 2025-26 season.

The Reds were expected to put up a fight to retain their Premier League title but, in reality, that was far from the case.

Most of the performances that their players put in were a fraction of what they put on display last term with some fans even thinking that they could miss out on Champions League football.

Fortunately, there was a big enough gap between the Reds and Bournemouth to stop that from happening and they ended up qualifying.

However, they only managed this due to the impressive form that a select few members of their squad were in.

And, despite this, there was still some that Arne Slot seemingly didn't trust which led to plenty of 'dissatisfaction' among his ranks.

Rio Ngumoha was unhappy with the game time that Arne Slot was giving him

Rio Ngumoha was one of the only bright sparks to emerge from Liverpool's 2025-26 season.

The 17-year-old offered the Reds something that they didn't have from the rest of their team with his blistering pace and ability to take on opponents among his best assets.

Every time the youngster played he got fans standing on their feet and actually happy with the performance of their team.

But, despite this, as Anfield Watch mentioned back in January, Slot wanted to loan out Ngumoha and try to sign Bradley Barcola or Malick Fofana.

However, Richard Hughes refused this and forced the Dutchman to keep Ngumoha in his plans.

And now, a fresh report from BBC Sport has claimed that the young Englishman was unsatisfied with his playing time.

"Ultimately, the German was working with such a small and condensed body of work when it came to Ngumoha," they wrote.

"The London-born forward made history as Liverpool's youngest scorer when, aged 16, he scored the decisive goal in the 100th minute to beat Newcastle 3-2 – but made just 10 senior starts last season.

"It is understood there was some dissatisfaction over his level of game time under former Liverpool manager Arne Slot.

"So had he played more, could he have forced his way into Tuchel's plans?"

Arne Slot's sacking may have saved Rio Ngumoha's Liverpool career

Although Liverpool never wanted to move Ngumoha on, if Slot had stayed at the helm, the 17-year-old could have forced his way out.

Recently, Bayern Munich have been linked with an interest in the attacker and, only when the Dutchman was sacked was the deal called off.

It's clear that Ngumoha is one of England's brightest prospects at the moment with Thomas Tuchel even handing him his England debut against New Zealand on 6 June.

Unfortunately, the "amazing" youngster didn't get called up to Tuchel's 26-man squad for the World Cup, but, the experience alone will have done him wonders.

Of course, Liverpool still need to sign another couple of wingers to become competitive again but, if Ngumoha's form from the 2025-26 campaign carries on into the 2026-27 season, he could easily play a starring role for Andoni Iraola.