CHELSEA fans will be relieved to find out the club inserted a £40million buy back clause in Tino Livramento's Southampton contract.

Thomas Tuchel's side sold the right-back, 18, to the Saints for just £5m in August and he impressed against his former club on Saturday.

Blues supporters on social media were delighted, with one tweeting: "It's remarkable just how good Livramento is."

While another wrote: "Livramento is the reason why Southampton scored against us… What a player. Bring him back."

And one fan claimed: "Livramento was incredible and is really showing the Prem the quality of our academy and his potential."

Livramento has been a regular under Ralph Hasenhuttl since joining Southampton, featuring in all seven Prem games this term.

The youngster had made just four professional appearances before moving to St Mary's – and they all came for Chelsea's U23s in the EFL Trophy.

The Croydon-born star is eligible to play for Portugal but has represented England at U15, U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels.

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Livramento left Chelsea after entering the final year of his contract and failing to negotiate an extension at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues already have two right-backs in Reece James and Cesar Azpilicueta – but they can re-sign Livramento if he continues to impress.

Chelsea have inserted buy-back clauses in several of their recent sales, with new Roma star Tammy Abraham available for £68m.

The West London club are concerned about seeing their best academy starlets sign for a Champions League rival in years to come.

They appear to have learnt from previous mistakes, with no buy-back clause inserted in Tariq Lamptey's sale to Brighton.

We saw the potential, but Tino decided to go another way. We did everything to keep him here, to compete for a position in our team. There was a big chance for him to make it all the way.

The right-back, 20, has gone on to become one of the most promising defenders in England's youth system.

Chelsea also failed to insert a buy-back clause in Romelu Lukaku's £28m sale to Everton in 2014, costing them £97.5m to re-sign him in August.

Livramento, who agreed a five-year deal with Southampton, penned an emotional tribute to Blues fans when he left the club.

He tweeted: "After 10 amazing years of playing for the only club that I’ve supported since a child, I’m taking the next big step in my career.

"It's been a difficult decision, but I feel it’s the right one to make at this stage of my development. Thank you for everything Chelsea."

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