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Manchester United have completed the signing of Youri Tielemans from Aston Villa on a five-year deal.
United have met a release clause of £35m for the 29-year-old midfielder, who has just helped Belgium reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
Tielemans has spent the past three seasons with Villa, having initially moved to the Premier League to join Leicester City in 2019.
“It’s hard to describe just how proud I am to
Manchester United have completed the £48m signing of Brazil international Andrey Santos from Chelsea and are in advanced talks to sign Aston Villa‘s Youri Tielemans as they try to revamp their midfield.
It has also been confirmed United’s plan to sign Ederson from Atalanta for £35m has been scrapped for now after a medical highlighted an injury-related issue.
United agreed a fee with Chelsea for Santos last week, and
Saturday’s win was Villa’s seventh in nine Premier League games – a run that has taken them from mid-table obscurity to the brink of the Champions League places with three matches remaining.
Tielemans was the driving force against Fulham, pulling the strings in Villa’s midfield after giving them an early lead with his fifth goal of the season.
The Belgium international nearly fashioned a second before half-time with a perfectly
Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa): He’s become undroppable for Villa, excellent. He had a year last year where you thought maybe they needed to move on and get someone better, but this year he’s gone from strength to strength and has become a key component. Him and Boubacar Kamara, who was rested at the weekend, have built a massive presence of quality, tough tackling and reliability that Villa have built a