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Post by Football News on Jul 16, 2016 15:17:35 GMT
 Riyad Mahrez to snub new contract offer and seek Leicester City exit• PFA Player of the Year ready to reject new contract offer • Midfielder N’Golo Kanté also set to leave King Power Stadium Riyad Mahrez is set to reject Leicester City’s offer of a new contract after the Algeria forward decided he wants to pursue a new challenge away from the Premier League champions. Mahrez, who joined Leicester in 2014 from the French side Le Havre for £375,000, has attracted widespread attention from clubs in England and overseas after his performances in their title-winning season. The PFA Player of the Year still has three years to run of the contract he signed last August, in a deal which is believed to be worth £35,000 a week. However, having held talks with Leicester over a new deal believed to be worth in the region of £80,000 a week, Mahrez is understood to be unwilling to extend his stay at the King Power Stadium and has instructed his representatives to find him a new club this summer. The news will come as a blow to Claudio Ranieri’s side, with the France midfielder N’Golo Kanté set to join Chelsea after a fee was agreed on Friday. The Italian had been optimistic about Mahrez’s future 24 hours earlier saying that he was confident the midfielder would stay at Leicester. “He remains with us. He’s not the kind of man who will say: ‘Coach I want to leave.’ He is happy here,” said Ranieri at the club’s training camp in Austria. The newspaper France Football stated that Mahrez has a desire to join a big European club, with Barcelona among the clubs to have been linked with him in the past. In May Mahrez’s agent told the Guardian there was a possibility his client could leave the club after contributing 28 goals and assists in Leicester’s remarkable title-winning season. “When you have been playing the way Riyad has this season it is bound to attract attention,” said Kamel Bengougam. “He is very happy with Leicester and of course it has been a fantastic season. They will play in the Champions League next year as well, so he would be happy to stay. “But at his age, if the opportunity comes to play for a big team, then we would have to think about it. I’d say it’s 50/50 at the moment whether he stays or goes.” Guardian |
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Post by rugbytoffee on Jul 17, 2016 10:58:06 GMT
Bought for just £375,0000 Wow they will get some profit on that deal if he leaves
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Post by Football News on Aug 17, 2016 19:17:45 GMT
Riyad Mahrez commits future to Leicester City by signing new contract• PFA Players’ Player of the Year agrees four-year deal with champions • Mahrez follows in Jamie Vardy’s footsteps by staying at Leicester Riyad Mahrez has committed his future to Leicester by signing a new deal with the Premier League champions. The reigning PFA Players’ Player of the Year was a key figure in the Foxes’ unlikely run to the title, scoring on 17 occasions and registering 11 assists, and was expected to attract interest from elsewhere this summer. However, like his Leicester team-mate Jamie Vardy, the 25-year-old Algerian has penned fresh terms at the King Power Stadium by agreeing to a deal that runs until 2020. |
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Post by halewoodblue on Aug 17, 2016 21:02:35 GMT
Good. Glad to see someone showing bit of loyalty
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Post by rugbytoffee on Aug 18, 2016 17:33:23 GMT
Leicester will now get more for him when he is sold  |
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