West Ham may be tempted to make a bid for Leicester’s Youri Tielemans if other clubs steer clear of the Belgian international, according to reports.
Arsenal are said to have cooled their interest in the midfielder, while the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham are focused on signing other players.
It does leave manager David Moyes with an opportunity to sign Tielemans; someone he is known to be an admirer of, and fans on Twitter would back a move for the 25-year-old:
Would be a dream signing. Levels above Prowse.
— Webber (@IanWebber78) June 28, 2022
Would prefer him to JWP in all honesty.
— West Ham Xtra (@WestHamXtra) June 28, 2022
Should go for him
— ryan (@ryanwhu12345) June 28, 2022
£30 mill with £5 mill add-ons, send over the bid West Ham…
— JD⚒ (@JRAD_4100) June 28, 2022
Dream 😍
— 🫧 G E O R G E 🫧 (@georgexwhu) June 28, 2022
Mate, that would be UNREAL. To see a Rice and Tielemans partnership would be crazy
— Danny (@Danny_westham) June 28, 2022
Would be a very very good signing, I need to stop getting ahead of myself
— bradstammers (@bradstammersWHU) June 28, 2022
We won’t get Tielemens but if it so happens that I’m wrong, he would be perfect.
— Joey (@jbfootbalI) June 28, 2022
Should te all over him. Would be an outstanding addition ⚒👊🏼⚒
— Deano Staples (@Rustyiron74) June 28, 2022
Tielemans only has a year left on his contract so it is somewhat surprising that a team hasn’t taken a chance on the player, considering he may be sold for as little as £25m.
With Mark Noble and Alex Kral no longer at the club, strengthening the midfield is a key priority for Moyes and you have to say that Tielemans would be better value for money than someone like James Ward-Prowse.