Hugo Ekitike hit with fine as Rio Ngumoha decision delayed

Rio Ngumoha has signed a new deal but there has been a delay in a compensation agreement, while Hugo Ekitike is to be hit with a big fine for his red card.

Rio Ngumoha compensation date delayed

Ngumoha has now been at Liverpool a year and has just signed his first professional contract, a deal that runs until 2028.

However, despite being at the club for 12 months, Liverpool and Chelsea have still not agreed a compensation fee.

His transfer didn’t cost Liverpool, but they will have to pay Chelsea a sum due to their role in developing the 17-year-old.

The amount will be decided by the Professional Football Compensation Committee, and the Times‘ Paul Joyce reports that the decision will not be made “until November or even December.”

Originally, it had been hoped that a tribunal could come to an agreement by the end of September.

In terms of what kind of fee we can expect, it could reach a sum previously unprecedented for such a young player.

A rough yardstick would be Harvey Elliott‘s move from Fulham to Liverpool, which ended up costing the Reds £2.8 million thanks to his achievements.

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Today’s Liverpool FC News

• Ekitike “is likely to be docked two weeks’ wages,” for his silly second yellow card against Southampton, according to the Mail‘s Dominic King – that equates to about £400,000

• Speaking on TNT Sports, Arne Slot has confirmed that the remaining two years on Diogo Jota‘s contract is being paid to his family – that figure will be at least £10m

• The 18-year-old academy winger, Kieran Morrison, who was on the bench against Southampton, has continued training with the first team since their Carabao Cup win

• Liverpool issued 1,114 lifetime bans to ticket touts and fraudsters in last season’s crackdown – a definite step in the right direction

Elsewhere in the football world today

• Liverpool owners FSG have held discussions and “completed due diligence” on potential new club Getafe, whom they are interested in buying – no decision has yet been made, though (Mail)

• William Saliba has agreed to sign a new five-year deal at Arsenal amid interest from Real Madrid (BBC Sport) – that is one less defender on the market for Los Blancos…

• Blackburn‘s Championship match against Ipswich will be replayed in full after it was abandoned on Saturday due to a waterlogged pitch – the hosts were 1-0 up and a man up in the 79th minute at Ewood Park!

Liverpool FC: On this day

September 25, 2007, saw Fernando Torres bag his first Liverpool hat-trick on just his sixth start for the Reds.

Rafa Benitez’s team emerged bruised and battered, due to several late challenges at the Madejski Stadium, but ultimately their quality won out in the League Cup third round.

Yossi Benayoun’s brilliant strike opened the scoring, while Torres stole the headlines for his three goals, the first of three hat-tricks in his first year alone at the club – the first Liverpool player to manage the feat since 1896.

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