Newcastle United's move for Southampton full-back Tino Livramento won't come as a surprise to Bayern Munich's former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel.
The Magpies are in talks with Southampton over signing the England under-21 international this summer, following the Saints' relegation from the Premier League. He would provide competition for Kieran Trippier at right-back and the move would allow Harrison Ashby to move on loan to gain some valuable first-team experience.
Chronicle Live understands there is confidence from Newcastle's side that a deal will be achieved despite the two clubs currently sitting around £10m apart in their respective valuation of the player. Ryan Fraser is expected to go in the opposite direction as part of the deal.
The 20-year-old joined the Saints in the summer of 2021 as an 18-year-old, having just been named Chelsea's Academy Player of the Year.
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Tuchel was manager of the club at the time and had high hopes for him in West London. But the lure of first-team Premier League football proved to be too appealing and Livramento swapped Stamford Bridge for St Mary's, something the German manager didn't want to happen.
"Yes of course he was highly rated," Tuchel said of Livramento back in 2021. "We did everything to keep him here, to show him his future and his possibilities to compete for a position in our team.
"He decided to go, that was his decision and you sometimes have to accept. There are not hard feelings because we can show him possibilities and then it is on the player. He was of course competing with Reece James and Cesar Azpilicueta on the right wing-back position.
"I think it was an ideal position to fight because the group wasn’t too big. There was a big chance for him to make it all the way. He decided to go and it’s fair enough, we wish him all the best. We saw the potential, he decided to go another way and fight for a place at Southampton."
