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title: "Liverpool hoping to use Champions League bargaining chip to sign £49.5m Belgium midfielder"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-tielemans-signing/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Sterling"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-06-11T14:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-06-11T14:00:00Z"
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# Liverpool hoping to use Champions League bargaining chip to sign £49.5m Belgium midfielder

The summer window has already seen Liverpool heavily lined with a number of players.

The club [announced the signing](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/05/28/liverpool-sign-ibrahima-konate/) of French defender Ibrahima Konaté two weeks ago from RB Leipzig.

Despite the [club’s limited finances](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/08/liverpool-summer-finance-struggles/), it seems as though they will still [attempt further signings](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/07/liverpool-summer-signings-inbound/) in the window.

One of those reported signings could be Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans, who has been heavily linked with the Reds.

It was reported yesterday that [the club are in talks with the Foxes](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/10/liverpool-in-talks-youri-tielemans/), with Tielemans happy to join the club.

Further news from Belgium outlet [Het Nieuwsblad](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/) has revealed that Liverpool hope to use the lure of Champions League football to sign Tielemans…

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> Liverpool hold a key advantage over Leicester in Youri Tielemans’ decision – Champions League football. Leicester would like around £60m-£70m for the Belgian. He is seen as the replacement for Gini Wijnaldum. Liverpool aren’t the only club interested. \[Het Nieuwsblad\] [pic.twitter.com/iL9RqEmrfr](https://t.co/iL9RqEmrfr)
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> — The Anfield Talk (@TheAnfieldTalk) [June 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk/status/1403055902110924802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

As cited by [The Anfield Talk](https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk) above, Liverpool’s main advantage in the signing of Tielemans is Champions League.

Leicester City are not keen on selling the midfielder, with them wanting £60-70million for the Belgium.

The report suggests that Liverpool are viewing Tielemans as a replacement for Georginio Wijnaldum.

The Dutchman [announced yesterday](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/11/liverpool-wijnaldum-psg-departure/) that he had signed a three-year deal with PSG from the 1st July.

His departure has left a huge whole in the Liverpool midfield, that Tielemans could expertly fill.

With the 24-year-old keen on joining the club, and Liverpool reportedly wanting to sign him, it seems a match made in heaven.

Yesterday also saw that the midfielder will [decide on his future after the Euros this summer](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/10/virals-liverpool-target-youri-tielemans-to-make-decision-after-euro-2020/).

However, the reports are yet to come from the more reliable of sources, so time will tell in regards to these rumours.