When you are Arne Slot, everything comes your way, at least this season. When you are chasing the title for three years now and have injury problems like Mikel Arteta, you get Manchester United in the FA Cup‘s third round. If you are a new coach and your team is playing awful and you need easier games to get things going like Ruben Amorim, you get Arsenal in the FA Cup. If you are a coach who was away from the game for 20 months, and you finally get a new team, but will all their leading attackers injured, like Graham Potter, you get Aston Villa in the cup. But if you are Arne Slot, not only do you have easier schedule in the Premier League and no injuries, you also get Accrington Stanley in the club, the fourth league club fighting for survival, and you get them at home! Talking about luck…Arne Slot has hinted that 17 year olds Trey Nyoni & Rio Ngumoha have been impressing him… And could both play for Liverpool in the FA Cup against Accrington Stanley this weekend 👀🤩🗣️ “Trey has been in the squad many times already, Rio only once, but these players are doing… pic.twitter.com/WphcQVRSA2— Rising Ballers (@RisingBallers_) January 10, 2025 Jokes aside (even thou everything written is true), Liverpool are on a fantastic role this season as they used the easier schedule, Manchester City‘s unexplainable self-destruction and injury-free situation to all but take the title this season. They are in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup and are playing today against League 2 minors. Ideal situation for Arne Slot to give playing time to some footballers who are either not in the first plan (Jota, Elliot, Chiesa), or are the future of the club (Quansah, Morton, Ngumoha). The Dutch coach will do just that and expect a mixture of youngsters and reserve players in the starting line-up. The one who will certainly be given a chance is Rio Ngumoha. The 16-year old winger of Nigerian origin (currently plays in England‘s U17) is an interesting prospect. In fact, he is so interesting that he was in the center of a scuffle between Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United a few months ago.You Musk be kidding! Billionaire sets his sight on Premier League giantsHe became officially Liverpool‘s player in September 2024 when he moved from Chelsea on a free transfer. According to The Athletic, Chelsea banned scouts from both Liverpool and Man United from attending academy fixtures in the fallout of Ngumoha’s exit. The decision to deny requests to attend youth games was “interpreted as a response to losing Ngumoha”, that‘s how highly the Blues rated the kid, and now angry were they to lose him. The kid has some talent, but self-confidence is out of this world. How else can you explain the sentence “I truly believe I can win the Ballon d’Or one day”, which he said at the age of 16? Just a couple of months after his move to Liverpool was confirmed, Arne Slot called him to senior training ahead of the Premier League clash with Aston Villa. Ngumoha was seen on a substitute bench in the quarter-final Carabao Cup game with Southampton. He will play today for sure, either for 90 or less minutes.FA CUP ROUND 3 ThursdaySheffield Utd. – Cardiff 0-1 (0-1)/Ashford 19/Everton – Peterborough 2-0 (1-0)/Beto 42, Ndiaye 90+8 pen/Fulham – Watford 4-1 (1-1)/Muniz 26, Jimenez 49 pen, Andersen 65, Castagne 85 – Vata 33/FridayWycombe – Portsmouth 2-0 (2-0)/Hanlan 17, Bradley 27/Aston Villa – West Ham 2-1 (0-1)/Onana 71, Rogers 76 – Paqueta 9/Saturday15:00: (1.62) Birmingham (3.60) Lincoln City (5.40)15:00: (2.75) Bristol City (3.30) Wolverhampton (2.40)15:00: (1.90) Middlesbrou. (3.50) Blackburn (4.10)15:15: (1.05) Liverpool (14.0) Accrington (35.0)17:00: (1.65) Leicester (3.60) QPR (5.10)18:00: (1.53) Bournemouth (3.90) WBA (5.80)18:00: (1.20) Brentford (7.25) Plymouth (12.0)18:00: (1.03) Chelsea (13.0) Morecambe (30.0)18:00: (2.75) Exeter (3.30) Oxford (2.40)18:00: (5.20) Norwich (3.90) Brighton (1.58)18:00: (1.40) Nott.Forest (4.60) Luton (8.00)18:00: (2.05) Preston (3.25) Charlton (3.50)18:00: (6.50) Reading (4.10) Burnley (1.53)18:00: (1.58) Sunderland (3.70) Stoke (5.60)20:45: (1.07) Leeds (13.0) Harrogate T. (25.0)20:45: (1.05) Man.City (14.0) Salford City (35.0)21:00: (1.95) Coventry (3.45) Sheffield W. (3.60)21:00: (2.95) Leyton (3.15) Derby (2.35)21:00: (2.15) Mansfield (3.30) Wigan (3.20)Sunday15:00: (1.80) Hull (3.45) Doncaster (4.20)15:30: (12.0) Tamworth (7.25) Tottenham (1.20)18:00: (1.75) Arsenal (3.60) Man.Utd. (4.90)18:00: (1.30) Crystal Palace (5.30) Stockport (8.00)18:00: (1.25) Ipswich (6.50) Bristol Rovers (10.5)18:00: (1.15) Newcastle (8.00) Bromley (16.0)19:30: (1.80) Southampton (3.45) Swansea (4.20)Monday22:30: (1.33) Millwall (5.00) Dag & Red (7.75)***odds are subject to change***
