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Leicester City are yet to receive any offers for Youri Tielemans despite reported interest from Manchester United and Arsenal, according to club chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha.
Belgium international Tielemans has been linked with a move away from the King Power Stadium after entering the final 12 months of his contract with Leicester, for whom he made 32 Premier League appearances last term.
The midfielder has recorded 120 league outings for the Foxes since joining – initially on loan – in January 2019, a tally only bettered by goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (127) during that time.
Meanwhile, only Harvey Barnes (24) and James Maddison (19) have bettered Tielemans’ 18 league assists for the side since his arrival from Monaco, and only four Leicester players have managed more than his 18 league goals.
Tielemans’ creativity has seen him linked with Arsenal and Manchester United, the latter as a potential alternative to Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong, but Srivaddhanaprabha says Leicester are yet to receive any concrete proposals.
“It’s nothing. There haven’t been any offers yet. There hasn’t been anything concrete or a proposition yet,” he said at the launch of an artificial pitch in Thailand.
Meanwhile, having finished an underwhelming 2021-22 Premier League season in eighth position, Brendan Rodgers’ side are yet to sign a single player during the transfer window.
But Srivaddhanaprabha pledged reinforcements will arrive in due course, adding: “Premier League football is one of the focal points for the King Power Group. You may see that the reinforcement is quite slow, this is because the market is changing quite quickly. You have to wait until the end of August. I think there is still time.”
