Arsenal still plan Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans in 2023

Jones says Tielemans remains a target for the north London club.

Arsenal’s pursuit of signing Youri Tielemans is still on plan and the Gunners have the 25-year-old midfielder on their radar, transfer insider Dean Jones has informed GiveMeSport.

Leicester City midfielder was heavily linked with a move to the Emirates in the last window and is now into the final six months of his contract.

Jones recently spoke to GMS that interest in Tielemans from Newcastle United could force the North London club to make a bid for the Belgian this month.

As per the reports of football.london, the north London club wanted to wait until the player’s contract expired at the end of the season so that they could sign him on a free transfer.

But, Newcastle making him a target now looks like it could complicate things for them. It would be a bit of a blow for Mikel Arteta if Tielemans ended up anywhere.

The Telegraph reported that Arteta was pushing the Gunners to sign the Leicester star. Arteta is also looking to sign Shakhtar Donetsk’s Mykhailo Mudryk.

As per the reports to The Athletic, World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister is another midfielder Arsenal have interest in. But, Jones says Tielemans remains a target for the north London club.

Speaking to GMS, the journalist said: “I think that they are still concerned about lacking a certain profile of player within their squad, and that is one of the reasons that these players [Mac Allister and Tielemans] continue to be linked and why Tielemans is still on the radar.”

“All we can do in situations where you’ve got a great asset is to try and protect yourself as best as possible,” their CEO Paul Barber recently told talkSPORT.

“We’ve done that with several of our players and staff over the last several years, and that’s all you can do in these situations. We hope Alexis will continue to be playing for us for some time to come.”

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