Brendan Rodgers will have to break Leicester’s transfer record and pay £40million if he moves to sign Youri Tielemans in the summer.

Tielemans, the Monaco midfielder, joined Leicester on deadline day in January in a straight loan swap for Adrien Silva and has impressed in his four Premier League performances.

The Belgium international, 21, has set up goals for Demarai Gray and Jamie Vardy in the last two games and Leicester are weighing up whether to make the deal permanent in the summer.

It is understood Monaco have quoted Leicester a fee of around £40m to sign Tielemans, which would eclipse the club’s previous transfer record of £28m for striker Islam Slimani.

Rodgers is assessing his new squad following his appointment last week and the prospect of buying Tielemans outright is certain to be discussed before the end of the season.