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title: "Southampton are set to sign Birmingham starlet Mitchell"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
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published: "2019-04-04T21:35:44Z"
modified: "2019-04-04T21:35:46Z"
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# Southampton are set to sign Birmingham starlet Mitchell

Southampton are set to sign Birmingham City starlet Romello Mitchell, according to the [Birmingham Mail](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/birmingham-city-suffer-blow-forward-16080626).

The 16-year old will move to St Mary’s Stadium after having undergone a successful trial with the Premier League outfit.

The highly regarded forward had been linked with a move to Manchester United and Liverpool in recent times, and this move will finally put transfer speculation to bed.

![Dan Istitene/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.cohttps//media.readsouthampton.com/readsouthampton/2019/04/1139319835.jpg)

Mitchell, who has played for Birmingham’s Under-18s this season, is regarded as one of the best and brightest players from that group.

The signing will be seen as a coup for Southampton, who will look to continue their storied history of bringing through talented youths at the club.

The Saints will pay Birmingham a fee of around £300,000 in compensation for the player, who scored twice in the Under-16s Blades Cup final which Birmingham won 8-4 against Liverpool in December.