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CONFIRMED: Saints sign Tino Livramento

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by ChilcoSaint, Aug 1, 2021.

  1. ChilcoSaint

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    £4m to loan Williams for a season or £5m to sign Chelsea's academy player of the year on a 5-year contract.
    Cracking bit of business.
     
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    Cheers Chelsea, long may you continue the process of producing talented youngsters and signing big money players to fill up the first team.

    Come on Tino, picture with the shirt please!
     
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    Another defender?
     
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    Italian origin I’m guessing?
     
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    Seriously excited by this. Genuinely a top, top talent and I would imagine will go straight into the first team squad. KWP will be first choice this season but it's not unrealistic that Livramento will establish himself as first choice from 2022.
     
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  9. saintrichie123

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    Buy back and sell on included.
     
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    Are we actually paying £5m for him?
     
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  11. Che’s Godlike Thighs

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    Happy for Ralph he got his man.

    Credit to Semmens and Crooker. Beat Leeds to Perraud and half of Europe to this lad.
     
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  12. Saints FC 76

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    A buy-back clause is always a bit of a worry (especially depending on what the price is), but it's what we have to do to sign promising players like this.

    That being said, Chelsea didn't take up their buy-back option for Nathan Ake last summer. I wonder if it is a buy-back clause with an agreed price, or a right of first refusal/to match any bid, like Ake was.

    As someone else said - they have predominantly preferred to spend a lot of money on signing players from abroad, rather than using their academy (James and Mount aside).
     
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  13. Saints FC 76

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    Transfermarkt says that he can also play right midfield, so potentially another option there?
     
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  14. Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc)

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    Depends on the value as you say. Assuming the buy back isn't derisory , the worst case scenario is that he is so good for us that Chelsea want him back and we get a few years of excellent performances and a modest profit.

    Not a bad situation to be in.
     
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    Following in the footsteps of Cork and Bertrand.
     
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    That’s the price quoted, and the lad has massive potential.
     
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    Suggests we were prepared to agree to a buy back clause whereas Brighton weren't, but no idea how reliable this guy is.
     
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    Seems a lot for a kid who has never played first team football before. Although I'm sure you could have made a similar argument when Dortmund spent £7m on Sancho, but I think they'd consider that £7m well spent now!

    Hopefully this lad fulfills the potential he clearly has considering how highly rated he seems to be. Ralph will be a happy man.
     
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    TBH unless the buy back price is set far too low, it doesn't really make any difference. If he turns out to be a massive success here, we'd end up selling him to a bigger club anyway so Brighton's loss is our gain quite frankly.
     
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    The buy back isn’t really a big issue as long as it is a reasonable amount

    If the cut price buy back is true a guess would be something like £10-£15m.
     
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