{"id":485352,"date":"2026-06-06T00:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/485352\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T00:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:11:15","slug":"liverpool-transfers-ornstein-reveals-bayern-surprise-move-for-secret-signing-after-full-verbal-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/485352\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool transfers: Ornstein reveals Bayern &#8216;surprise move&#8217; for &#8216;secret&#8217; signing after &#8216;full verbal agreement&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Bayern Munich have made a \u2018surprise move\u2019 for Liverpool star Rio Ngumoha and even reached an \u2018agreement\u2019 last week.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old, who previously had a spell at Chelsea, enjoyed a breakout campaign for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool <\/a>during the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>He only made 19 Premier League appearances, but he was often Liverpool\u2019s most dangerous attacker and deserved to be given more opportunities by former head coach Arne Slot.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the teenager may benefit more than most from the appointment of new Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola, who is set to re-implement an exciting style of play at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has now emerged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/rio-ngumoha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ngumoha <\/a>could join Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich this summer.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-dowman-ngumoha-pfa-nominations-criminal-bournemouth-newcastle-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dowman, Ngumoha PFA nominations criminal ahead of Bournemouth, Newcastle and West Ham stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bundesliga champions are in the market for a new winger to provide competition for Luis Diaz, and they have already missed out on FC Barcelona newbie Anthony Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7335728\/2026\/06\/05\/rio-ngumoha-bayern-munich-liverpool-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">respected reporter David Ornstein has revealed to The Athletic <\/a>that Bayern Munich have made a \u2018surprise move\u2019 for the Liverpool forward, though Anfield chiefs are keen for him to stay.<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein explained:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The German champions have been considering multiple candidates to bolster their attack and Ngumoha is their main target for the left side.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ngumoha, 17, is aware of Bayern\u2019s strong interest and intentions \u2014 driven by head coach Vincent Kompany and the board \u2014 although they are yet to contact Liverpool. The Anfield club insist Ngumoha is not for sale and they plan to enhance their options in his area of the pitch, rather than diminish them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-arrogant-slot-personal-digs-wirtz-did-you-win-premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool: \u2018Arrogant\u2019 Slot aimed \u2018personal digs\u2019 at Florian Wirtz \u2013 \u2018Did you win the Premier League?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich and Rio Ngumoha had a \u2018full verbal agreement\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent update, German reporter Florian Plettenberg has claimed that Ngumoha struck a \u2018full verbal agreement\u2019 with Bayern Munich, but his proposed move to the German side has now \u2018collapsed\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Plettenberg said on X: \u2018EXCLUSIVE DETAILS | Rio Ngumoha was the secret candidate FC Bayern had been negotiating with for weeks. Bayern had reached a full verbal agreement with Ngumoha and his camp on Tuesday, 26 May. #LFC<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Absolute priority as a backup to Luis D\u00edaz alongside the pursuit of Anthony Gordon. However, the deal collapsed yesterday, Thursday, for the time being. It remains to be seen whether club-to-club agreements can be reached for Brown\/Saibari.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Vincent Kompany approved the Ngumoha deal after personal talks with the 17 y\/o Liverpool gem.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-iraola-tears-up-alisson-contract-eight-players-leaving\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iraola tears up Alisson deal in first act as Liverpool boss with eight players \u2018in danger of exit\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Bayern Munich have made a \u2018surprise move\u2019 for Liverpool star Rio Ngumoha and even reached&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[28469,42,1100,1101,43,1102,32541,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-485352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bayern-munich","tag-headlines","tag-home-page","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-rio-ngumoha","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}