6 June 2026·By Junior Yekini
Bayern Munich have made enquiries about Liverpool winger Rio Ngumoha, with the teenager understood to be aware of the interest but no face-to-face discussions have taken place.
Liverpool are making it clear internally that the 17-year-old is not available.
[_BBC Sport_](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgrprlvnv7do) reported Bayern's approach, which has added an unexpected dimension to Liverpool's summer planning and comes at a time when the club are simultaneously pursuing RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomandé as a direct replacement for Mohamed Salah. If Diomandé is signed, it would further restrict Ngumoha's path to regular first-team minutes — a factor that Bayern and other interested clubs will have noted.
Ngumoha joined Liverpool from Chelsea's academy in September 2024 after a tribunal ruled the Reds must pay at least £2.8m for the transfer, with Chelsea also retaining a 20 per cent sell-on clause. He made his senior Liverpool debut in January 2025 aged 16 years and 135 days — the youngest player to start a match for the club — in an FA Cup win over Accrington Stanley.
In the 2025-26 season he scored twice — including a late winner on his Premier League debut against Newcastle United in August — and added an assist across the campaign, and is currently with England's World Cup preparation group in Florida as a supplementary member of Thomas Tuchel's squad.
Liverpool regard him as an important part of the first-team group and the club's stated position is that he is not available for transfer. Whether Bayern Munich's interest translates into a formal offer, and whether a sufficiently large bid might test that stance, remains to be seen.