‘No-one gets to see it’ – Inside Trey Nyoni’s Leicester City pathway, Liverpool exit and tribunal case
Leicester City news as LeicestershireLive takes an insight inside academy talent Trey Nyoni’s move to Liverpool in the summer
Liverpool’s Carabao Cup win over Chelsea at Wembley Stadium made the headlines for a number of different reasons. Jurgen Klopp’s farewell tour started in the best possible way but there was a sporadic Leicester City connection to their win.
Attacking midfielder Trey Nyoni was named on the Liverpool bench due to the injury crisis in Klopp’s squad. The 2007-born ace wasn’t used at Wembley but he did make his senior debut three days later in the FA Cup against Southampton.
Replacing Harvey Elliott in the 78th minute, the former Foxes academy star became the Reds’ third youngest player in their history at 16 years and 243 days.
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Recently, Chelsea were told at a Professional Football Compensation Committee (PFCC) hearing that they are required to pay Brighton up to £7.65million for teenagers Zak Sturge and Shumaira Mhueka – who they signed in 2022. The fee was split up into £1.9m up-front – £1m for Mhueka and £900k for Sturge – with the remaining coming from potential add-ons.
Liverpool have a history of snatching talent from other teams and seeing the deal go through tribunal. In 2019, they signed Elliott as a 16-year-old but could not agree on a compensation fee with Fulham. Nearly two years later it was confirmed that Fulham would receive a record fee for a 16-year-old (£4.3m) after a tribunal ruling.
A tribunal is sometimes needed to determine a fee when a player under the age of 24 leaves at the end of his contract and the two sides are unable to agree on compensation. “If a young player leaves a team, especially if they sign the contract, and there’s no agreement of a fee then tribunal is one way to solve it,” football finance expert Kieran Maguire told LeicestershireLive.
“The two players (Mhueka and Struge) that left Brighton for Chelsea went through a tribunal. Brighton employed Nick de Marco, a famous sports lawyer, to act on their behalf and the outcome was to their satisfaction, resulting in a seven figure fee for one and a six figure for the other.
“It is a complex situation, there will be various claims made from both parties in regards to the relevant valuation of the players and then some form of compromise will be made.”
On social media, Liverpool’s posts of Nyoni’s historic debut were flooded with responses from City supporters demanding them to pay the Foxes for the midfielder. Compensation for the wonderkid is yet to be decided and there is no clear indication when it will.
Former loan manager and academy coach at Leicester, Guy Branston, has provided an insight in the midfielder and his thoughts on the outcome of his case. “He was already playing up and being highlighted as a serious player,”
Branston told LeicestershireLive. “I was asked to work with the U13s and U12s, to work with the coaches, to give them an idea of what the next PDP (Player Development Plan) would look like as a coach, so I worked with his manager at the time.
