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Chelsea, Spurs make check on Anderlecht midfielder Youri Tielemans

Anderlecht's 16-year-old midfielder Youri Tielemans was watched by a host of Premier League scouts this week in Belgium U21 action.

Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea all had representatives in Belgium to watch the match on Monday.

Watford's Cristian Battocchio scored the only goal of the game for Italy, but most of the Premier League visitors were there to see 16-year-old midfielder Tielemans from Anderlecht, who came on for Belgium as a half-time substitute, says the Daily Mail.

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