RALPH Hasenhuttl admitted he was “not happy” to see Tino Livramento start twice for England under-21 during the international break, suggesting: “The message before was a different one.”

Livramento went away with Lee Carsley’s Young Lions side despite Saints monitoring his knee concern, after recovering from a meniscus injury throughout the start of the year.

Hasenhuttl had revealed that “two or three games in a row is not the best for his knee”, but he then went on to start both matches for England versus Andorra and Albania.

After impressing with the national group, the 19-year-old was selected from the off again in the 1-1 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road, making it four consecutive starts in two weeks.

After the match, Hasenhuttl told the Daily Echo: “Not happy about him starting twice for the under-21s because the message was a different one before.

“But this is always the problem when you speak about something and then afterwards it doesn’t come this way.

“I understand that he (Carsley) needs to win his games but we want to take care of a young player and an under 21s, a team that develops players, and you let him play twice from the beginning - I think it is not good for the player, but what can I say?”

Livramento completed 90 minutes during the clash with Leeds, while 24-year-old French defender Romain Perraud sat out the contest on the bench.

Asked if Livramento’s added gametime with England meant he was tempted to start Perraud and give the former Chelsea youngster time off, he responded: “No, we have also our games to play and our matches to win.

“For us he is a very important player and very good today again. It’s important that his knee doesn’t show a reaction now but yeah, we must be careful.”

The Austrian did not want to speculate on whether this incident would affect relations going forward when England under-21 opportunity comes up, adding: “This is a topic I do not want to speak about here.”