Newcastle have agreed a deal worth close to £40m to sign the full-back Tino Livramento from Southampton. Eddie Howe is a huge fan of the England Under-21 international, who missed the majority of last season after a serious knee injury. Livramento is set to undergo a medical after agreeing a long-term contract. The 20-year-old has been left out of the Southampton squad that has travelled to Sheffield Wednesday for Friday’s Championship opener at Hillsborough. The right-back enjoyed a breakthrough season upon joining Southampton from Chelsea in 2021 but sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury last year. His arrival takes Newcastle’s summer spending to more than £130m after the signings of Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes, from Milan and Leicester respectively. Chelsea stand to profit from a sell-on fee in the £5m deal that took Livramento to Southampton. They are thought to have inserted a clause that means they are owed a considerable portion of the profit Southampton make on the transfer. Newcastle, who start the Premier League season at home to Aston Villa a week on Saturday, have sanctioned the full-back Harrison Ashby’s loan move to Swansea after tying up a deal for Livramento.