Ex-Leicester midfielder Robbie Savage thinks that Youri Tielemans is likely to leave the Foxes this summer for a club playing in the Champions League.

The Belgian has been linked with both Arsenal and Manchester United, and Savage feels that the midfielder’s departure from the King Power Stadium is almost inevitable:

“I’m sure Leicester and Brendan Rodgers would like to keep him. I’m not sure if he will be at the football club (next season), Leicester do tend to lose their best players, even when they won the Premier League… Drinkwater left, Mahrez went, Kante went, and Tielemans, with a World Cup in December, I don’t think he’ll be a Leicester player next season.”

“Will Tielemans think that playing in a team like Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne and the quality of players that they’ve got, does he want to be challenging for the Champions League on a yearly basis? Will he do that for Leicester? Not this year, last year, yes. I think that he will feel that he’ll want to play in the Champions League.”

It does seem as though finishing fourth will be key to the Gunners’ attempts to secure Tielemans’s signature at the end of the season. Reliable sources have confirmed that the interest is genuine, with the player’s agent having met with club officials at London Colney in recent weeks.

The midfielder is unlikely to cost that much either, considering his contract situation. He will have just twelve months remaining on his current deal in June and, with no sign of an extension, it seems clear that a move is on the cards.

Some have even claimed that Tielemans could be available for as little as €40m (£33.4m) which would be an outstanding piece of business if Arsenal can pull it off.