Tottenham Hotspur are weighing up a dramatic bid to try to hijack Leicester City’s move for Monaco midfielder Youri Tielemans.

Leicester have been closing in on a deal to sign Tielemans on loan until the end of the season, but Spurs have now shown an interest.

Sources at Monaco claim Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is willing to sanction the move and is now just waiting on the green light from manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Pochettino is keen to boost his midfield options after selling Mousa Dembele and suffering injury problems, but is also wary of signing players before he has created any more space in his squad.

It now remains to be seen whether or not Pochettino will act quickly enough to stop 21-year-old Tielemans joining Leicester before the transfer window shuts on Thursday.

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Monaco are open to loaning highly-rated Tielemans out or selling him for around £20million. Tielemans is a product of the Anderlecht youth system and has long been rated as one of the best young prospects to come out of Belgium.

He joined Monaco for around £20m in May 2017 and was part of the Belgium squad that reached the semi-finals of last year’s World Cup.