Newcastle United latest news: Tino Livramento has opened up about his future at Newcastle United amid transfer rumours linking him with a switch to Manchester City.

Newcastle United defender Tino Livramento has answered questions surrounding his future at the club amid transfer rumours linking him with a move to Manchester City.

Livramento returned to action on Saturday after almost two months on the sidelines. The former Chelsea and Southampton defender suffered an injury during Newcastle United’s defeat against Arsenal at the end of September and hadn’t been seen in action since.

However, in a major boost to Eddie Howe, he was available to start Saturday’s win against, coincidentally, the team he has been heavily-linked with a possible move to. Manchester City have emerged as admirers of Livramento amid reports that he could be in-line to sign a new deal to keep him on Tyneside.

Securing Livramento’s future will be high on new sporting director Ross Wilson’s priority list, as is rebuffing any interest that could come their way from the blue half of Manchester. Livramento, though, isn’t too concerned about reports surrounding his future at Newcastle United.

Asked for an update on contract talks between himself and the club, Livramento said: “That's nothing that I'm in control of. I leave that to my dad, to my agent.

“For me, I've been out for seven weeks. I've been working really hard to come back and obviously help the team.

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“I'm very happy with how I've played. That's my focus, staying where I'm at now. That's always been my focus, helping the team as much as I can.”

Tino Livramento reflects on Manchester City victory

Heading into Saturday’s game, Newcastle United had suffered back-to-back defeats on the road and having watched on as teams around them at the wrong end of the Premier League table picked up points earlier in the day, the pressure was on Howe and his side to respond to their pre-international break woes. And respond they did with a brilliant team performance to secure their first Premier League win over the Citizens in well over six years.

Although they didn’t move up the table with that win, victory meant a lot more than three points. It was a reminder, at long last, that Newcastle United can go toe-to-toe with the best in the Premier League and hopefully a victory that can kickstart their season.

Certainly, that was Livramento’s view on proceedings: “Very happy, very happy to be back playing,” Livramento said. “It's a great result for the team, for the city.

“A lot of fans have been waiting for our season to kick start and I feel like this could be the turning point.

“We've worked really hard [on the training pitch]. We had three or four really tough sessions, just working on things that the manager thought that we weren't doing in games. It definitely helped us, the international break, to fix a few things.

“When all the internationals come back as well, you know the quality that we have.

“There wasn't too much change coming into the game. We obviously rely on our fans a lot when we play at home. The energy that they bring, coming into the game very positive and obviously we got the result we wanted.”

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