Bruno Fernandes handed Saudi transfer ultimatum as Al Hilal line-up £60m Premier League alternative

Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans is the latest Premier League star being targeted for a move to Al Hilal, talkSPORT understands. Al Hilal are due to hold fresh talks with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes’s camp on Tuesday and will give him a week to decide if he wants to make the move. GettyTielemans is wanted by Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal this summer[/caption] United insist Fernandes is not for sale amid interest from the Saudi sideGetty But with United insisting their skipper is not for sale, the Saudi Arabian side have added the £60million-rated Tielemans to their list of alternative options. The Saudi Pro League have a good relationship with Villa after signing Jhon Duran for Al Nassr in January and Moussa Diaby for Al Ittihad. Tielemans joined Villa from Leicester back in the summer of 2023 and has two years remaining on his current contract. The Belgian midfielder has been a creative force for Unai Emery’s side this season. Across 52 appearances in all competitions, Tielemans has scored five goals and provided 10 assists for his team-mates. However, the 28-year-old’s potential exit would boost his club’s hopes of meeting the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules. Villa’s final requirements remain dependent on their league position come the end of the season. With two matches remaining, they sit sixth in the table after securing European football. Chelsea are only ahead on goal difference in the final Champions League spot after Villa’s win over Bournemouth on Saturday. Villa end the campaign with a trip to Manchester United following their home clash with Tottenham this Friday. Tielemans is valued at £60million by Villa with two years left on his dealGetty Villa previously sold Duran to the Saudi Pro League in JanuaryGetty Although they have already guaranteed a place in at least the Conference League, a second consecutive Champions League campaign is still a possibility. Emery has already secured a third European qualification in a row for the club. Speaking after beating the Cherries, the Spaniard told Match of the Day: “I am very proud of the team and grateful for the owners and the way they are supporting us and are ambitious. “They are very focused in different competitions and achieving different objectives and the most important for us is the Premier League to once again get Europe. “We are in the run for it and we are competing today with the demands set in the dressing room. The players, we try to get out of our pressure something positive. “It is the best competition in the world, we are winning matches and we can be a good contender. We are winning to try and be there. Tielemans has been a standout play for Villa this season “The first objective is to try and play in Europe again and we are feeling comfortable with the pressure we are setting ourselves. “We are fighting with Manchester City and Chelsea and we fight for Europe.” Villa made the semi-finals of the Conference League last season in their first taste of European football for 13 years. They followed that run up by reaching the last eight of the Champions League this term before losing to Paris Saint-Germain.

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Bruno Fernandes handed Saudi transfer ultimatum as Al Hilal line-up £60m Premier League alternative

Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans is the latest Premier League star being targeted for a move to Al Hilal, talkSPORT understands.

Al Hilal are due to hold fresh talks with Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes’s camp on Tuesday and will give him a week to decide if he wants to make the move.

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Tielemans is wanted by Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal this summer[/caption]
United insist Fernandes is not for sale amid interest from the Saudi side
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But with United insisting their skipper is not for sale, the Saudi Arabian side have added the £60million-rated Tielemans to their list of alternative options.

The Saudi Pro League have a good relationship with Villa after signing Jhon Duran for Al Nassr in January and Moussa Diaby for Al Ittihad.

Tielemans joined Villa from Leicester back in the summer of 2023 and has two years remaining on his current contract.

The Belgian midfielder has been a creative force for Unai Emery’s side this season.

Across 52 appearances in all competitions, Tielemans has scored five goals and provided 10 assists for his team-mates.

However, the 28-year-old’s potential exit would boost his club’s hopes of meeting the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules.

Villa’s final requirements remain dependent on their league position come the end of the season.

With two matches remaining, they sit sixth in the table after securing European football.

Chelsea are only ahead on goal difference in the final Champions League spot after Villa’s win over Bournemouth on Saturday.

Villa end the campaign with a trip to Manchester United following their home clash with Tottenham this Friday.

Tielemans is valued at £60million by Villa with two years left on his deal
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Villa previously sold Duran to the Saudi Pro League in January
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Although they have already guaranteed a place in at least the Conference League, a second consecutive Champions League campaign is still a possibility.

Emery has already secured a third European qualification in a row for the club.

Speaking after beating the Cherries, the Spaniard told Match of the Day: “I am very proud of the team and grateful for the owners and the way they are supporting us and are ambitious.

“They are very focused in different competitions and achieving different objectives and the most important for us is the Premier League to once again get Europe.

“We are in the run for it and we are competing today with the demands set in the dressing room. The players, we try to get out of our pressure something positive.

“It is the best competition in the world, we are winning matches and we can be a good contender. We are winning to try and be there.

Tielemans has been a standout play for Villa this season

“The first objective is to try and play in Europe again and we are feeling comfortable with the pressure we are setting ourselves.

“We are fighting with Manchester City and Chelsea and we fight for Europe.”

Villa made the semi-finals of the Conference League last season in their first taste of European football for 13 years.

They followed that run up by reaching the last eight of the Champions League this term before losing to Paris Saint-Germain.