Tino Livramento has opened up on a ‘crazy’ eight weeks that have seen the 18-year-old rise to the challenge of marking superstars such as Jack Grealish and Paul Pogba.
The Southampton right back had not made a professional appearance before Ralph Hasenhuttl threw him in for his Premier League debut at Everton just a fortnight after leaving boyhood club Chelsea in August.
But Livramento has earned rave reviews with a series of stellar displays — most notably against the two Manchester clubs — and he could make his England Under 21 bow in Slovenia on Thursday as the youngest member of new manager Lee Carsley’s squad.