Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez ready to snub Manchester City to complete Arsenal transfer move

Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez is ready to snub Manchester City to join Arsenal this summer.

The Algeria international was on the verge of joining City in January and handed in a transfer request in an attempt to force the move through.

But Leicester rejected Pep Guardiola’s £50m offer for Mahrez and slapped a £80m price-tag on his head which deterred City.

 

According to the Daily Express, Mahrez is still hoping to leave Leicester at the end of the season and favours a move to Arsenal.

The playmaker, who was named the PFA Player of the Year in 2016, owns a house in London and would prefer to make the switch to Arsenal than Man City.

On Friday, Mahrez spoke out about his future at the King Power Stadium, telling Sky Sports: ‘I am still contracted to Leicester and at the moment I am here so we will see.

‘At that time I handed in a transfer request because I had offers from Manchester City, so obviously I wanted to go, but now I am still in Leicester.

‘With me especially you never know what is happening. Every time I have to go but I am still here, so I don’t really want to talk about I’m going, I’m staying, you know.

‘I just want to finish the next three games and we will see what will happen to me. It [the transfer request] is gone. It was in January. Now it is another transfer window.

‘I am still here and I don’t want to put a lot of things in my head. I am very cool and relaxed about it.