The reported Tottenham Hotspur target expects to leave Leicester City.
Reported Tottenham Hotspur target Youri Tielemans has revealed that he doesn’t expect to stay at Leicester City beyond the summer.
The Monaco attacker has been a revelation since joining the Foxes on loan in January.
The Telegraph reported in April that £40 million was the asking price for the Belgian if Leicester wanted a permanent deal, and that Tottenham were interested in bringing him to North London.
“I expect that I will return to Monaco in the summer, unless something’s moving,” he told VTMNieuws.
“At the moment there’s nothing. If things are going well you want to keep it like that. I don’t know what Monaco will be asking, so I can’t talk about it.”
Returning to his parent club could be very good news for Spurs.
If Leicester aren’t in the mix then that already favours the North Londoners, who have one less team to worry about in the race to signing him.
The 22-year-old, who scored three and set up four goals in 13 Premier League outings, has already shown what he can do in England’s top flight and that will make it a lot easier for Daniel Levy to sanction a substantial move.
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