Youri Tielemans excited for Manchester United challenge, thankful to Aston Villa

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tielemans-youri/GtkTQyib/"]Tielemans[/a], who joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a] last ‌month, captained Belgium to the quarter-finals, but ‌the 29-year-old had to pull out of the ‌last-eight clash with eventual champions Spain.[/p][p]"[b]In the warm-up, ‌my body just switched off for some reason[/b]," Tielemans told the BBC in an interview published on ‌Wednesday.[/p][p]The former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/anderlecht/vslqAKNo/"]Anderlecht[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]Monaco[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leicester/KrrdAMyI/"]⁠Leicester City[/a] player ‌cited heavy workload as the reason behind him pulling ​out.[/p][p]"[b]When I am good, I am good. When it does not go well, I ​will know straight away and I will alert the manager. But it does not happen ⁠often[/b]," he added.[/p][image alt="Tielemans career stats" id="c14fbf48-b29e-444e-b6f8-2bdec9cdef46" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="aee65e63-5e56-4c89-a78b-55ff932adc70" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]However, ​Tielemans said he feels good at United after three years at Villa, which ended with a Europa League title.[/p][p]"[b]I am very thankful to ‌Aston Villa. I owe them the world. It is a great club, we did amazing things and they have put me back to my best level. But there are clubs above Villa, and Manchester United is one of them[/b]," he said.[/p][p]Tielemans was confident of meeting the demands of United manager Michael Carrick for ‌the upcoming season.[/p][p]"[b]He wants me to be free ​on the pitch, to try and organise ‌the team the best I can[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]It is just smelling football, which is what I have been doing from when I was young at Anderlecht[/b]."[/p][p]United begin their ⁠Premier League campaign ⁠at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull City[/a] on ‌August 22nd.[/p]