How much does a quality full-back set you back these days? Upwards of £60m? Well, Newcastle United may have secured two for the price of one if Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento keep developing at this rate.
In some ways, there was a degree of opportunism to these signings. Newcastle already had a settled back four – veterans Dan Burn and Kieran Trippier were among the first names on the team sheet at full-back – but Newcastle had one eye on the future to secure long-term successors who could end up saving the club even bigger fees in the years to come.
