Southampton's Tino targets England under-21 success to force Gareth Southgate's hand

The Saints youngster insisted that playing with the Young Lions is “the main thing” for him now, after impressing in EURO qualifying for Lee Carsley’s side last week.

Livramento, 19, made his fourth cap for the highest level of England’s youth setup in the 4-1 win over Andorra on Friday, providing two strong assists for Folarin Balogun and Anthony Gordon’s goals.

A number of the under-21’s previous stars have received the call from senior manager Southgate, including the likes of Conor Gallagher and captain Marc Guehi – who both excel for Crystal Palace in the Premier League, and started at Wembley on Saturday.

Young Lions captain Marc Guehi was promoted to the senior squad last week (Pic: PA)

Livramento himself has made 23 league appearances in his debut senior season, for Saints, and good performances could have propelled him into consideration.

However, England are currently blessed with full-backs and Livramento likely finds himself behind some of the country’s best talent – including teammate Kyle Walker-Peters, who marked his Three Lions debut with a win over Switzerland

“There’s plenty of things that I need to work on,” Livramento admitted, when asked how he views the competition ahead of him.

“If I have a really good run of games, hopefully the gaffer (Gareth Southgate) will have a look at me and think he wants to give me a chance.”

England manager Gareth Southgate (Pic: PA)

He continued: “I’m always going to give my all 100 per cent going forward, trying to get assists, or defensively being solid, winning my headers, staying focused all the time.

“In the first camp we had a few boys who are now with the seniors. But I feel like when the time’s due, the time’s due. I’m not going to rush anything.

“As long as I’m getting called up to the Under-21s, that’s the main thing for me right now.

Tino Livramento has been called up to four successive England under-21 squads, but missed November's through injury (Pic: PA)

“To be at an international level where I’m playing with all these different players and gaining experience at this level, that’s a major thing for me.”

At under-21 level, Livramento is playing with, testing himself against and learning from some of England's biggest prodigies.

Alongside him in the starting XI on Friday were Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott, Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey and exciting PSV starlet Noni Madueke.

Winger Noni Madueke, 20, has garnered a cult following through his potential (Pic: PA)

Among the bench included Gordon, who has been Everton’s shining light in a disastrous season, Manchester United loanee James Garner and previously Saints-linked Djed Spence.

“When you’re playing with these type of players all you have to do is put it in certain areas and you know they’re going to be there,” the 19-year-old added.

“For the first goal, there was a good bit of link-up on the side with me, Morgan (Gibbs-White) and Harvey. For the second one, I just fed it into the area where I thought the winger was going to be and it was a great finish.”

Harvey Elliott, 18, made his England under-21 debut on Friday (Pic: PA)

Livramento continued: “It’s been good. We have the boys who are younger coming through, the 2002s, and obviously Levi (Colwill) and Harvey who are 2003s.

“I feel like a lot of boys have been in the set-up from early ages so we understand the identity of what it’s like to play with England.

“I think the main thing is when everyone is getting on the ball and enjoying themselves, then we’re going to see a complete team performance. We know our levels and we know we can achieve so much more.”