Arsenal has been installed as the favourite to sign Youri Tielemans on a free transfer.
The Belgian midfielder has been one of the finest players in his position in the Premier League in the last few seasons and continues to do well even as he runs down his contract at Leicester City.
As one of the finest midfielders around, several clubs have an interest in Tielemans and the midfielder will likely be spoilt for the choice of the club to join.
However, Football Insider insists at the moment, Arsenal is leading the race for his signature and the Gunners are the club most likely to add him to their group.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Tielemans is a top player, which explains why many sides are eyeing a move for him, so we must be prepared to battle hard to win the race for his signature.
The Belgian has done very well in England and that experience means he probably would only need a little bit of time to start performing for us if he makes the transfer.
Although reports claim we lead the race, we should be cautious and continue to discuss with his entourage until we find an agreement for his signature.
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I just read that Rice is our top priority and Arteta told Edu to go big for him and that Rice wants to stay in London
I think you will find Tielemans is not for the same position as Rice. Tielemans is to possibly replace a player, whom Arsenal are worried about because he is always injured.
To my mind, Rice is very much a defensive, holding midfielder, like Partey – so if anything, he’d be the one replacing the one who’s “always injured”, if I’m understanding you correctly. I’ve not seen Rice doing a great deal in attack – soucek or the Brazilian they signed from Lyon tend to go forwards more (I wouldn’t mind either of them as competition for xhaka, thinking about it).
Tielemans is much more attack minded from what I’ve seen. He’d probably be more comfortable as a no10 than as a DM, but he’s probably most suited to xhaka’s role in our current setup. Leicester always have someone playing deeper than him so I can’t see why we’d sign him as a partey alternative…
I’m not dead keen on either tbh. Wouldn’t mind rice if he was cheaper and happy to play second to Partey (because he’s not as good)
Partey is more of an high breed defensive midfielder he has mastered the art of both defending, attacking and holding the ball to pick the right pass when you see him play you might think sometimes he is a box to box MD he is quite different to both Rice and Casemiro who are strictly defensive midfielder if am not wrong
Free transfer are the most difficult transfers to arsenal since they like to keep low salary structure….
Tielemans rumours, in Dracula comes back to life fashion, refuse to die for good.
Even though these daft rumours OUGHT to be left to die! PROPERLY!!
Xhaka (replaced potentially by Rice), Tieliemans and Jorginho (with Viera and Mo 3rd stringers) as our midfield backups? I’ll take it!!!
There’s no smoke without fire and this one keeps smouldering.
Not necessarily so Ken. JA MAKES PLENTY OF SMOKE BUT AFTER ALL THIS TIME, STILL NO FIRE!
That hackneyed old cliche is very often proved wrong, in all walks of life including football, but still less perceptive people keep wrongly using it.
We should wait and see Jon – I have no idea what MA’s thoughts are regarding the player, but, if we do sign him, he will certainly strengthen the squad rather than weaken it.
Aren’t ALL clichés hackneyed in today’s world, yet still used by people from all sorts of life and background?
“Deadwood players” comes to mind!!
KEN on cliches , I say “touche.
Indeed, cliches ARE used MAINLY by folk who cannot come up with an original thought of their own, so therefore rely on such hackneyed sayings.
On Tielemans I have all along thought , that had we wanted him, by now we would have made a move. But we have not done so.
Much time has gone by with this rumour, that for JAs own purposes refuses , at least on JA, to die. But I still say it will not happen.
Even if we did want him, which I SAY IS NOT TRUE, then by no sensible thinking can we have been thought keen to land him, as we have done nothing about it whatsoever and will risk losing this “top class player” to another club.
I see few Gooners being heartbroken by us not having him but many who say “we don’t want him!”
That includes me and has done all along, as time will, IMO prove. I suggest it already has done!
I really don’t think we are in for him, if we ever were.