‘He’s a technician’: Roberto Martinez gushes over £120k-a-week player Arsenal could reportedly…
Roberto Martinez has raved about reported Arsenal target and Leicester City midfielder Youri Tielemans on Amazon Prime Video (7:39pm, October 20, 2022).
Martinez manages Tielemans, linked with a move to Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal in the January transfer window, for Belgium, and he rates the 25-year-old £120,000-a-week (SalarySport) midfielder highly.
Calciomercato reported this week that Arsenal and Juventus are interested in signing Tielemans.
The report in the Italian news outlet has claimed that the Gunners plan to make a bid for the Leicester star in the January transfer window in order to fight off competition next summer.
Tielemans will become a free agent at the end of the season if he does not sign a new deal, and Arsenal want to get a deal done in January by paying a transfer fee, according to Calciomercato.
The Belgian has made 10 starts and one substitute appearance in the Premier League for Leicester so far this season.
Tielemans has scored one goal and given one assist in those matches.
The Belgian is one of the best midfielders around, and former Everton manager Martinez has outlined exactly what makes him so good.
ROBERTO MARTINEZ ON ARSENAL TARGET YOURI TIELEMANS
Martinez said about Tielemans: “When he is on the pitch, he is a true professional. You never hear a wrong word. He is always committed.”
The Belgium boss added: “He is a technician. He is very mature off the pitch.”
