Southampton’s academy is famed both in England and Europe for its incredible success rate, and yet another prospect has committed their long-term future for the club.
#SaintsFC is delighted to announce that promising Academy forward Ramello Mitchell has signed his first professional deal:
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) December 10, 2019
Southampton confirmed on their official website that 17-year-old attacker Ramello Mitchell has signed his first professional deal with the club after impressing for the Saints various youth sides since joining from Birmingham City earlier in the year.
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The versatile attacker was delighted to commit his long-term future with the club, and on social media, plenty of Southampton fans were delighted to see the Saints sign on another exciting prospect down to a new long-term deal.
Here’s what Southampton fans had to say about Mitchell signing his first professional deal with the club on Twitter…
what a talent
— Chris CantBaitGov (@thenameischris3) December 10, 2019
Congratulations to Ramello.
— Peter Armstrong (@peterjarmstrong) December 11, 2019
Congratulations @MitchellRomello!
— Southampton Page (@SouthamptonPage) December 10, 2019
Congratulations Ramello!
— Mark Perez (@bookMark280712) December 10, 2019
Great to see the academy production line is back on track
— Robbie (@EditSouthampton) December 10, 2019
Congrats @MitchellRomello!
— Myles Bowman (@myles_cb) December 10, 2019
Southampton’s youth academy is one of the prestigious in European football, with the likes of Gareth Bale, Luke Shaw and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all graduates from the south coast Premier League side in recent years.
