Dan Kilpatrick has dropped an update on the reported Tottenham Hotspur interest in Youri Tielemans.

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In a recent post on Twitter, the Evening Standard journalist confirmed that, following reports of Arsenal's interest in signing the Leicester City midfielder this summer, Antonio Conte's side are also monitoring the situation of the 25-year-old ahead of a potential swoop at the end of the current campaign.

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After quote-tweeting Simon Collings stating Arsenal's interest in a move for the Belgium international, Kilpatrick added: "Also being monitored by Spurs."

Supporters will be buzzing

Considering how impressive Tielemans has been for Leicester following his £40m move to the King Power back in 2019, the confirmation that Fabio Paratici is plotting a move for the playmaker this summer is sure to have left the Tottenham Hotspur faithful buzzing.

Indeed, despite the Foxes' struggles in the league this season, the £49.5m-rated talent has been one of Brendan Rodgers' few shining lights over his 29 Premier League outings, scoring six goals, registering three assists and creating four big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 1.9 shots, making 1.2 key passes and completing 0.8 dribbles per game.

The £120k-per-week midfielder has also impressed in metrics more typical of his position, making an average of 0.7 interceptions, 2.1 tackles, 43.3 passes and winning 4.7 duels per fixture.

These returns have seen the 49-time capped international average an extremely impressive SofaScore match rating of 7.07, ranking him as Leicester's second-best performer in the English top flight.

As such, with it being reported that a new central midfielder is one of Conte's priorities in the summer transfer window, when taking into account Tielemans' proven Premier League ability coupled with his extremely reasonable £25m asking price, Paratici simply must make a move to beat Arsenal to the signing of the Belgian sensation ahead of Spurs' 2022/23 campaign.

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