Newcastle are now in talks with Tino Livramento over a new deal, a sharp shift for a player who only weeks ago looked the most likely name to leave this summer. The change comes as the club braces for a difficult window after missing out on Europe and faces the prospect of losing other leading figures, including Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali, to outside interest.
Livramento, 21, joined Newcastle from Southampton for €37 million in 2023 and still has a contract that runs to 2028. He has five caps since making his England debut two years ago, but his season has been interrupted by injury and he is ruled out for the rest of the campaign after going off against Bournemouth last month. He had only returned from another eight-week layoff a month earlier and has made 17 league appearances this season.
That makes Newcastle's latest move more than a routine contract discussion. The defender had been widely viewed as the player most likely to be sold, with Arsenal and Manchester City among the clubs linked to him, and Newcastle are believed to want more than €50 million if a deal is ever struck. A new contract would not just protect an asset they now rate highly; it would also buy time in a summer when the club must decide whether to keep rebuilding around its best young players or cash in while the market is still strong.
There is still a practical reason for the u-turn. Newcastle told wantaway players to settle their futures before the start of the 2026 World Cup, and Livramento's injury record has complicated both a possible transfer and his route back into the England picture. He has already missed valuable minutes, while Lewis Miley has impressed at right-back in his absence, giving the club another option and reducing the immediate pressure to sell.
Arsenal, however, have not gone away. FootballTransfers has been told the London club held positive talks with Livramento's representatives, which keeps the possibility of fresh interest alive even as Newcastle explore a renewal. For now, the balance has shifted toward keeping him, but the wider summer still points in the same direction: Newcastle may need to sell, and Livramento is no longer the first name on that list.
