Report: 'Incredible' player wants £200,000-a-week contract to join Arsenal now
A report has shared the wages Arsenal target Youri Tielemans wants to make a move away from Leicester this summer.
The Sun claim that the Belgian international wants £200,000-a-week to depart the King Power Stadium before the deadline.
Tielemans will be a free agent in the summer, as the final year of his Leicester contract runs down without a resolution thus far.
And the report also says that Leicester are holding out for more than £50 million for the midfielder despite his contract situation.
Tielemans wants £200,000-a-week in wages at Arsenal
That financial package for a player who is a free agent in less than a year might go some way to explaining why Arsenal have not really pushed for Tielemans yet.
He has been linked with Arsenal all summer long but as other targets have been secured, he remains in limbo at Leicester.
The report also says Manchester United and Liverpool are keen on Tielemans but have not moved for him either, despite their own midfield issues.
Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson described the midfielder as “an incredible talent” on Sky Sports News (12:59pm, October 23, 2021).
He has international and Premier League experience, potentially improving any squad in the country.
But it seems he wants a lucrative deal as he faces the prospect of moving as a free agent, but he may have to wait to get it unless the picture changes.
