Aston Villa is determined to keep their most important players in the club in the summer transfer window, but they will know that Youri Tielemans has admirers.
Villa signed Tielemans from the relegated Leicester City on a free transfer in 2023. After a relatively slow start, he started to show what he could do and gradually became one of the first names on the team schedule for Villa Manager Unai Emery.
The manager’s faith turned off his fruit in 2024/25 when Tielemans played more minutes than any other outfield player for Villa and was crucial in the run of the team to the quarterfinals of the Champions League and a sixth placed finish in the competition.
He scored five times and claimed ten assists in 53 games in all competitions.
Double Dougie replacement
It is not surprising that the future of Tielemans is subject to speculation this summer. A team that has credited an interest is Juventus, who plans to discharge the former teammate of the Belgian, Douglas Luiz, after a terrible season in Turin.
The Bianconeri have already excluded Luiz from the plans of Igor Tudor and he is connected to a Premier League return with Nottingham Forest or Eerton this summer. Tielemans would be seen as an ideal successor, According to reports.
The Brazilian is also mentioned in terms of an interest from Villa in a reunion, but the exit of Jacob Ramsey should be paid this week to any idea that Tielemans is leaving Villa Park and therefore a weak idea that Luiz returns to Birmingham.
The Belgian duckweed?
There has also been a wildcard shouting from a respected journalist, who believes that Tielemans should have been the replacement for Toni Kroos when Real Madrid’s midfielder retired last year. Without the German, Los Blancos was short of every competition and underwent a relatively rare trophic campaign.
Belgian broadcaster Filip Joos thinks they should have armed Carlo Ancelotti with Tielemans to give Real Madrid a better chance of glory.
“I keep saying,” he said again. “If Real Madrid had signed him when Toni Kroos left, many (of problems) would have been solved.
“I think he is a fantastic player. What strikes me every time is how much he can do, how much strength he has. Not only to go deep, but also when defending. He has become a total midfielder.”
Fortunately for Villa, that ship has sailed and, if widespread reports are accurate, a new contract offer is more likely this summer than an exit for the 28-year-old.
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