Sky Sports reporter: Leicester now facing "nightmare scenario" involving "divine" star

Leicester City are in a ‘nightmare scenario’ over key midfielder Youri Tielemans unless he signs a new contract, according to Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth.

The 25-year-old only has one year remaining on his existing £120,000-per-week deal and has so far refused to put pen to paper on fresh terms with several clubs eager to secure his services.

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano revealed back in May that Tielemans was set to leave Leicester following three-and-a-half successful seasons with the club.

Romano also confirmed that Arsenal were interested in the Belgium international, and it seemed as though he was destined to sign for them until a recent update.

GOAL disclosed last month that the Gunners had ‘cooled’ their pursuit of Tielemans in order to focus their attention on other targets such as Gabriel Jesus, who signed from Manchester City.

Premier League giants Manchester United have also been linked with a £30 million move for the technically gifted maestro, though.

However, talkSPORT claim Tielemans is only seen as a back-up option to Frenkie de Jong should the Red Devils be unsuccessful in their attempts to prise him away from Barcelona.

Tielemans has been an integral part of Leicester’s success in recent campaigns, and Sheth believes that the Foxes will only receive around half of his true value should he depart this summer.

In an interview with GiveMeSport, he said: “A nightmare scenario for Leicester unless they can tie him down to a new contract.

“Because in the open market, if he had two or three years left on his contract, and Tielemans said he wanted to leave Leicester, a club would need to be paying upwards of £50 – £60 million for a player like that in his position. Whereas now, about half that