BRITISH blood ran cold last night after it emerged the UK will have to deal with a top Transylvanian as the clock ticks down to Brexit.

The likely timetable for the UK’s withdrawal means Romania will have the rotating EU Presidency in at exactly the time the final deal is made — during the first half of 2019.

3 Top Transylvanian ... Klaus Iohannis Credit: AP:Associated Press

That will hand a key role to Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, whose family have lived in Dracula’s homeland in the mountains of Transylvania for centuries.

He and his officials will be responsible for driving through the final Brexit agreement at the EU’s Council of Ministers.

Conservative MEP Amjad Bashir told The Sun: “I only hope he doesn’t try to bleed us dry.”

3 Not too worried ... Amjad Bashir Credit: Rex Features

But the The Brussels Tory added: “There is a lot at stake, but to I am not too worried as I gather vampirism is frowned upon these days in Romania.

“Mr Iohannis has a reputation as a canny but fair politician and I am backing Theresa May to get the right deal for Britain, whoever she is up against.”

Count Dracula is world’s most famous fictional vampire from Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror novel.

Klaus Iohannis claims his family have lived Dracula’s home of Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania for 850 years.

3 Klaus Iohannis claims his family have lived in Bran Castle in Romania for 850 years Credit: Getty Images

He has been President of Romania since 2014.

Before that he was the Mayor of Sibiu, also in Romania’s famous vampire region.