Tottenham Hotspur and Everton have recently been heavily linked with a move for the player.
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Belgian talent Youri Tielemans is being strongly linked with a future move to the Premier League and sporting manager at Anderlecht Herman van Holsbeeck has been talking about his future with VTM Nieuws this week.
Tottenham Hotspur are one team said to be keen.
Het Nieuwsblad recently suggested the 19-year-old was likely to leave the Belgian capital this not be going anywhere for the money, with the report claiming Spurs were the frontrunners along with Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
This week Everton have also been linked with the player. The teenager even commented on a potential move to Goodison Park, as reported by talkSPORT, and is clearly open to an Everton switch.
So how much would he cost?
The aforementioned Het Nieuwsblad report claims €22 million (£18.75 million) should do the trick.
Now van Holsbeeck has made it clear he will not be cheap. He referenced a recent Leicester City deal for Genk midfielder Wilfred Ndidi to explain how expensive Tielemans might be.
Wilfred Ndidi
He told VTM Nieuws in Belgium:
“It will have to be much more than the €17 million (£14.4 million) Wilfred Ndidi (was signed by Leicester for).
“I have a sum in my head but I will not say. Everything depends on the clubs to come.
“I think a transfer must always be a win-win situation. For the player, the club that buys and sells the club. His entourage has always been correct with us, so we will be right with him.”
Tottenham’s Jan Vertonghen in action with Anderlecht’s Yoeri Tielemans
He also confirmed the club planned to keep hold of the player for one more year and the type of moves he will not be interested in, with relegation fights and bench-warming at giant clubs not on his agenda:
“It depends on the attention of the clubs. I do not think he will go to a club in the Premier League which is to play football against relegation.
“He will not go to the biggest club. I think there are plenty of examples of young players who go to absolute top clubs and do not come off the bench. I think he is wise. He’s not just going to the team that counts down most pennies. He goes to a team that suits him.
“That’s our plan (to keep him one more season). We will do everything.”
Tielemans has been earmarked as a future star of European football and both Spurs and Everton will be hoping to convince Anderlecht into a sale this summer.
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