Youri Tielemans: Aston Villa and Manchester United in talks to sign Belgium midfielder | football news

Manchester United are in talks to sign Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa.

The discussion is progressing rapidly. Sky Sports News Understand, after the departure of Belgium from the World Cup.

Tielemans has been at Villa since 2023, when he joined on a free transfer from Leicester City, and has made 134 appearances for the club, scoring 10 times.

In that time, Villa have qualified for the Champions League twice, reaching the quarter-finals of that competition, and won the Europa League last season under Unai Emery, with Tielemans opening the scoring in the final against Freiburg.

Before joining Villa, Tielemans won the FA Cup and Community Shield at Leicester.

United have already agreed a £50m deal to sign the Chelsea midfielder. Andre Santos, When a The move for Tielemann comes after Italy’s Sky United were reported to be pursuing the Atalanta midfielder. Ederson is closed

United have agreed a £38million deal to sign the Brazil international – who starred for his country at the World Cup – and were set to sign a four-year deal at the club with an option to stay for an additional 12 months.

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