Newcastle United have entered the race to sign Leicester City's Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans, 25. (Mail) Arsenal have been tracking Tielemans throughout the transfer window, but another "mystery club" is now ready to table a bid as Leicester set a £30m price tag. (Express)
After signing a new five-year deal with Leicester, Faes said: "It’s an amazing feeling to be here. It’s not sunk in yet. This is the dream step in my career As I move toward a transfer to Chelsea. True story.
Perhaps the strangest aspect of our signing Wout Faes was the influence from his schoolboy footballing chum... the wantaway Youri Tielemans ... apparently the collective Belgian contingent told him that the experience of playing at the club is 'incomparable' ... From a recruitment perspective he seems ideal - an aggressive dominant young (24) centre back who leads by example on the pitch and was Reims POTS last year ... just a question of whether he can adapt to the pace of the Prem... but the others certainly have ... so looking forward to seeing him
I never once said we didn't want to improve the squad ... all I said was that if we didn't bring anyone in, it was still a good squad provided everyone stayed fit and wanted to play ... we are still top heavy for sure ... but players for whom we have had bids, and would have let go, have turned down moves in favour of staying and fighting for places (Vestergaard, Soumare and Dennis Praet) ...
Played for Barcelona and Juventus. 26, Brazilian. Everyone compares him to Thiago on our side. Good passer. Doesn't score goals. Melo means Badger in Esperanto. (Most important fact about him ). He plays for the Brazilian team, so that's usually a good sign. Personally, never paid attention to him play, but it sounds promising. Will judge him when I see him in red. Messi says Artur surprised him with just how good he was, for what that's worth.
He's Brazilian, they're too good for surnames. (Or too egotistical they think their first name is enough to identify them)
