Aston Villa Agree Deal To Sign Youri Tielemans

Aston Villa Agree Deal To Sign Youri Tielemans
James Fenton
By James Fenton
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Youri Tielemans is having a medical at Aston Villa, after the club agreed a deal to sign the ex-Leicester City midfielder.

The Belgian has left the recently-relegated Foxes after reaching the end of his contract, and he hasn't taken long to secure a move back to the Premier League with their fellow Midlands club.

David Ornstein is reporting in The Athletic that Villa have agreed a deal to sign Tielemans, with the 26-year-old spending his Saturday undergoing a medical at the club.

Youri Tielemans set for Aston Villa move

The move is something of a coup for Villa, after Tielemans spent four-and-half largely successful seasons at the King Power Stadium after moving to Leicester from Monaco in January 2019.

His form helped the club to successive fifth-place Premier League finishes under Brendan Rodgers during the Covid seasons, before his most memorable moment came at Wembley in May 2021.

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With 20,000 fans allowed into the final after being locked out of football venues all season, Tielemans hit a brilliant winning goal in an unlikely FA Cup Final victory over Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea, who were soon to be crowned European champions.

While Leicester have been on the slide since that crowning moment, the form of Tielemans has attracted the attention of clubs across the Premier League and Europe.

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Aston Villa under Unai Emery

It's Unai Emery's Aston Villa who have secured his signature though, ahead of a season which will see them compete in the Europa Conference League.

Villa have been a joy to watch since Emery took over in November, with the Spaniard taking them from relegation candidates under Steven Gerrard, to European qualification by the end of May.

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The signing of a Belgian international with almost 60 caps to his name, seems to project just the kind of ambition that fans will want to see.

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