Newcastle United have no plans to sell Tino Livramento to Manchester City, despite serious interest and a willingness from the champions to go as high as £65 million, according to Craig Hope of the Daily Mail.
“City’s interest is genuine and it remains,” Hope reported. “My sources in Manchester say they’d go to at least £65m for the defender. The word back from Tyneside? Not even £165m would be enough!”
Newcastle consider Livramento irreplaceable due to his age, quality, versatility, and developmental ceiling. The club sees him as a long-term piece and believe he’s best suited to continue growing under Eddie Howe.
“There is also a feeling that young players like Livramento and Lewis Hall know that they’re best off under Howe’s tutelage at this stage in their career,” Hope wrote.
City, meanwhile, are weighing their options at right-back after the departure of Kyle Walker. While Inter’s Denzel Dumfries could be a “realistic” option, Livramento would represent a better deal for Pep Guardiola’s side in the long run due to his age, homegrown status, and potential.
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