St. James Park, 100th minute of a very tense shock between Newcastle and Liverpool. Center of Mohamed Salah where Dominik Szoboszlai was erased to let the young Rio Ngumoha arise to give the victory (3-2) to the Reds. A first goal in the Premier League for the young winger 16 years old who confirms there all the promises seen for months. “It was a beautiful goal for a 16 -year -old. Rio (NGUMOHA) has such a finishing capacity for his age. It is a very good finisher. It is of course special for him to score a goal at such a moment ”notably said his coach Arne Slot after the match.
Trained in Chelsea, the 16 -year -old and 361 day player completed his training on the Liverpool side. The player bearing the number 73 has also become the youngest scorer in the history of Liverpool. Launched last season in FA Cup against accrington (4-0) on January 11, 2025, he came out of a mad summer preparation where he chained goals and assists in the middle of stars recruits (Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Hugo Ekitike) of the Reds. What have great expectations for the rest of the season around your performance. But he will not be the only player who is not yet 18 years old to panic the observers of the Premier League.
Extreme youth seizes the Premier League
The other promising player who started loudly is none other than Max Dowman, who is only 15 years old. With Arsenal, the one who was born on December 31, 2009 continues to push the limits. The left -hander, who is the youngest scorer in the history of the Youth League at 14 years, 8 months and 19 days against Atalanta, had notably broken the precocity record of the German Youssoufa Moukoko. Integrating the first team last season in training, he had to wait for this season because it is the one where he will soon be 16 years old to be able to evolve in the Premier League. Precious in the pre-season in Asia, he started in the Premier League this Saturday against Leeds United during a 5-0 victory. At the end of the match, it was he who obtained the penalty transformed by Viktor Gyökeres synonymous with the fifth goal of the Londoners.
Two nuggets who will be the young players under 18 most scrutinized in the Premier League. However, other talents may have their chance to shine. This is particularly the case for Chido Obi. Trained at Arsenal, the 17 -year -old Danish striker went to Manchester United, where he was even launched last season with 7 small appearances. Phenomenon in the young classes with Arsenal, he had scored 32 goals and delivered 3 assists in 18 games during the 2023/2024 season when he played in U18. He had notably put a quintuplet against West Ham and a septuplely against Norwich City. During a match with the U16 of Arsenal against Liverpool, he also scored 10 goals in a 14-3 success.
Used last year in conference league with Chelsea, Shumaira Mheuka (17 years old) could also have a chance with the Blues, the same that Harry Gray (16 years old). Brother in the midfielder of Tottenham Archie Gray, the striker of Leeds United was able to evolve a match in Championship last year and performed with the reserve (3 goals in 2 games). Landon Emenalo (17, Chelsea),, Reggie Walsh (16, Chelsea),, Harry Howell (17, Brighton),, Mateus Mané (17, Wolverhampton),, Luca Williams-Barnett (16, Tottenham),, Divine Mukasa (17, Manchester City) or Amir Ibragimov (17, Manchester United) can also be launched at this level. Despite crazy sums spent this summer on the transfer window this summer with 2.833 billion disbursements, the Premier League gives way to the very young elements which push the limits of precocity.
