Manchester United and Tottenham are fighting for the same midfielder this summer

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Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United will challenge Leicester City for the summer signing of midfielder Youri Tielemans, according to reports from Belgium. 

Youri Tielemans

The Belgium international has impressed in the Premier League since joining the Foxes on loan from Monaco in January.

Tielemans will return to his parent club in the summer, but Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has already spoken of his intention to try to sign the 21-year-old permanently.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.