Chelsea are close losing one of their rising stars this summer.
So far, it has mostly been a positive transfer window for Chelsea.
While the club have missed out on Michael Olise, for example, they have still managed to bring in quite a few other players.
The above includes Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who joined Chelsea from Leicester City last week.
However, the Blues could be about to lose one of their most promising youth talents.
Chelsea losing fight to keep hold of youngster
Chelsea’s academy is full of talent and is easily one of the best in the country, if not the best.
Rio Ngumoha is one exceptionally gifted youngster that they currently have on their books, but perhaps for not much longer.
The winger is set to sign for Liverpool, but journalist Simon Phillips has claimed that Chelsea did everything in their power to keep hold of him.
Discussing Ngumoha’s situation on Substack, Phillips said: “SPTC sources close to the club say that Chelsea feel like they have done everything they can do on this one and there was a bit of positivity on this on Friday just gone that he could actually now re-sign and stay.
“Chelsea have really pushed hard to try and get him to stay and have pulled out all the stops to try and make it happen.”
According to the journalist, Bayern Munich and Manchester City were also interested in signing the 15-year-old.
Chelsea could regret losing Rio Ngumoha
Chelsea fans will not want to see Ngumoha join Liverpool, Bayern or any other club this summer.
They watched Jamal Musiala, who was albeit a bit older than Ngumoha at the time, move to the German giants and become one of the most exciting attackers in the world.
It is too early to tell if Ngumoha is going to reach those heights. But given that he has already trained with the first team, the Chelsea youngster is obviously on the right path.
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