According to CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs on Twitter, Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are still interested in signing Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans.
The journalist has claimed that Arsenal still have Tielemans, who plays with the Gunners’ new signing Leandro Trossard for Belgium, on their radar.
Jacobs has said that it is likely that the Gunners will make a move for the 25-year-old in the summer of 2023.
Tielemans is out of contract at Leicester at the end of the season.
Arsenal still interested in Leicester City’s Youri Tielemans
Could a 2023 summer transfer happen?
We do not think that Arsenal will try to sign Youri Tielemans in the summer of 2023.
Yes, the Belgian will be a be a free agent at the end of the season, but if Arsenal were really that determined to bring the midfielder to the Emirates Stadium, then they would have done a deal by now.
After all, Arsenal were quick to sign winger Trossard from Brighton and Hove Albion ii January.
And now the Gunners have reportedly bid £60 million for Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo.
Now, Tielemans would not cost anywhere near £60 million, so why are Arsenal waiting until the end of the season?
Yes, we know that he would become a free agent, but that means that the Belgian star would have a number of other clubs after him willing to pay him big money.
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