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title: "Virals: Journalist ‘expects’ Liverpool target Youri Tielemans to move"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-06-08T09:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-06-08T09:00:00Z"
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# Virals: Journalist ‘expects’ Liverpool target Youri Tielemans to move

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/08/ipswich-town-interested-in-loan-move-for-caoimhin-kelleher-this-summer/) have been linked in recent weeks with a sensational move for Leicester City star [Youri Tielemans](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/06/07/pundit-tips-youri-tielemans-to-replace-gini-wijnaldum-at-liverpool/).

The Reds are on the lookout for a replacement for Gini Wijnaldum after the Dutchman [left the club as a free agent](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57384537) at the end of the 2020/21 campaign.

Somewhat audaciously the currently most prominent name [linked](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfer-youri-tielemans-inter-20755467) with the role is the 24-year-old Foxes’ midfielder.

Now, the chances of a deal have been handed a further boost by Belgian football journalist Sven Claes, who told [Empire of the Kop](https://empireofthekop.substack.com/p/liverpool-need-a-new-midfielder-as), as cited by [The Anfield Talk](https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk/status/1401854658306531329) on Twitter, that he expects Tielemans to move on this summer.

> Twitter: (![🟢](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f7e2.svg)) NEW:
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> Sven Claes on LFC target Youri Tielemans…
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> “The tears speak for themselves after receiving the POTY a… https://t.co/8E6NXkIOMn (@TheAnfieldTalk)

Claes went on to describe the [39-cap](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/youri-tielemans/nationalmannschaft/spieler/249565/verein_id/3382) star as an ‘absolute talent with an excellent mentality’, before claiming Manchester United and a ‘Spanish top team’ are also interested.

Tielemans is currently away with the Belgium Euro 2020 squad and is expected to play a huge role for the [world ranked number one](https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/) side.

In 2020/21, Leicester’s FA Cup final hero scored [nine times and registered six assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/youri-tielemans/leistungsdaten/spieler/249565) in an astounding 51 appearances in all competitions – highlighting the ace’s impeccable availability.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Signing Tielemans would be an outstanding piece of business from the Reds this summer.

Having already shored up the defence with the [arrival of Ibrahima Konate](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/435628-liverpool-agree-deal-to-sign-ibrahima-konate-from-rb-leipzig), landing the Belgian alongside an additional attacking option would be the ideal transfer window.

An outstanding midfielder, the [£49.5million valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/youri-tielemans/marktwertverlauf/spieler/249565) Tielemans has to be one of the hottest properties in the Premier League – in particular out of those [without Champions League football](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) on the horizon.