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Brendan Rodgers insists Youri Tielemans has NOT rejected a new contract at Leicester, as the club wait to 'hear back' from their star midfielder... and the boss hails him as 'really respectful and 'so professional'

Brendan Rodgers has denied reports that star midfielder Youri Tielemans has rejected a new contract at Leicester City.

Liverpool and Manchester United have been linked with the Belgium international while Real Madrid and Barcelona have also been rumoured to be interested.

Leicester have offered Tielemans a lucrative new deal that would make him one of the club's highest earners as Rodgers sees the 24-year-old as an integral part of his side's ambitions of challenging for Europe.

Brendan Rodgers has denied reports Youri Tielemans has rejected a new contract at Leicester

Tielemans has less than two years left on his current deal that expires in June 2023 and reports last week claimed he had chosen not to put pen to paper on the new offer.