Youri Tielemans is spending his last weeks as a footballer of the English team Leicester City.
The Belgian midfielder will leave the ‘Foxes’ after four and a half years and his future seems to be in the elite of Italian Serie A football.
The Italian giant Roma is very close to securing the services of the Belgian midfielder and the most deserving for this is coach Jose Mourinho.
Roma’s sports director, Pinto, has been in contact with the Belgian’s representatives for several weeks, who has also talked with Jose Mourinho and is convinced to join the Italian team in the summer as a free transfer.
Roma is ready to offer the Belgian representative a five-year contract with a salary of 3.5 million euros, which will increase after each year.
La Gazzeta dello Sport has reported that next week is expected to be decisive as the parties will have a closing meeting where it is believed that the final agreement will be reached.
This season, Tielemans played 35 official matches with Leicester, where he scored four goals and assisted another.
In addition to Roma, Manchester United, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United are also competing for the Belgian