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Southampton have completed the permanent signing of starlet Tino Livramento from Chelsea.
MailOnline revealed on Sunday that Southampton were on the brink of a surprise swoop for promising teenage defender Livramento after talks led by Saints chief executive Martin Semmens accelerated over the weekend and the South Coast club jumped to the front of the queue for his signature.
Attacking, versatile full back Livramento passed a medical in London on Sunday night ahead of signing a five-year deal and finalising his switch on Monday.
Exciting young full back Tino Livramento has secured a move from Chelsea to Southampton
He can play on both wings and will be back-up for Kyle Walker-Peters and Romain Perraud
Southampton agreed a deal worth around £5million with Chelsea to land Livramento.
The deal will also include sell-on and buy-back clauses for Chelsea, the latter understood to be significantly more than £25m.
Manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said: 'He is one of the best young players in his position in the country and there were a lot of clubs who were interested in signing him, but finally he chose to join us.
'I think he has made a very good choice, and this will be an excellent place for him to continue his development and hopefully reach his full potential.
'He is very much in line with the profile of player we want and I think he will adapt very well to our system and methods. To be around the first team of Chelsea at his age speaks about his ability.'
Brighton were thought to frontrunners for some time but
