27 Jul 2016 00:32:19
Fee agreed with Anderlecht for "young, Belgian midfielder". Player is unnamed but expected to be either Dennis Praet or Youri Tielemans. Agent is already in England to finalise negotiations - announcement if successful can be expected by the weekend or early next week.

1.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 08:42:20
It's apparently Samuel Bastien. 19yr old 3m.

2.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 12:51:08
Seems pretty decent from from what I've heard from Anderlecht fans. Plays similar to Højbjerg so we can assume that Puel wants to build a very technically versatile midfield which means lots of attractive football to come!

I may have jumped the gun on the Tielemans or Praet link but I was just going off of previous interest from us.

3.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 13:01:40
I would love it if we signed Tieleman - save me buying him on football manager. I have seen him play a few games on TV and he looks very technical and highly rated on FM scouting database Sky are using.

4.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 16:17:32
Isn't this the same guy Liverpool were linked with a few months ago?

5.) 27 Jul 2016
27 Jul 2016 17:26:20
Anderlecht have been trying to offload him for ages. I hope it's nothing more than his agent trying to talk up the price for someone else.

{Ed002's Note - Anderlecht are keen to hold on to Samuel Bastien who has been on loan to Avellino but are aware of interest from a number of sides including Pescara, Southampton and Genoa. Interest of Liverpool (Rodgers was keen on a deal right from the start of last the season on the basis of youth scouting reports), PSV, Lille, Juventus and Fiorentina has gone.}