• ‘Leicester wanted to keep me and I was pretty expensive’
Riyad Mahrez has admitted that Arsenal were interested in signing him in the summer but the Algeria forward did not want to force through a transfer to avoid “conflict” with Leicester City.
Last season’s PFA Player of the Year expressed his desire to leave the Premier League champions in July after turning down a new contract worth around £80,000 a week. However, Leicester’s owners were adamant Mahrez would not be allowed to depart the King Power Stadium and held meetings with his representatives, with the 25-year-old eventually agreeing a new four-year deal.
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