The teenage sensation is a regular in the Belgium Under-21s and has already clocked up over 100 appearances for his hometown club, who he joined at the age of five.

He's already won the Belgian Pro League once and the Belgian Super Cup twice in his burgeoning career.

According to a Belgian newspaper, the Baggies sent a representative to the game at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.

But Tielemans is a hot prospect in European football and has been linked with Chelsea, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in the past.

Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Premier League leaders Leicester City also reportedly sent scouts to the match. Albion will no doubt have to fight for his signature should they be interested.

The club could also have been watching Tielemans' team-mate Dennis Praet. The 21-year-old midfielder has also spent his whole senior career at Anderlecht since moving from Genk around his 16th birthday.

He's played more than 160 games for the Belgian side and made his debut for the national team in a friendly against Iceland in November 2014, although it is his only cap for Belgium to this date.

It's not the first time Albion have been to Belgium in recent weeks. The club have also been watching Gent's £8m-rated striker Laurent Depoitre, but decided not to pursue the deal.

Meanwhile, the search for a new technical director to head up recruitment at the club continues. Chairman Jeremy Peace has started to sound out potential candidates.