Riyad Mahrez stirs up lusts even before the end of the current season. Several clubs want to offer his services. FC Barcelona is already preparing its plan to steal the Algerian international from clubs wishing to hire him.
Riyad Mahrez is having a remarkable season with Manchester City. His good performances did not go unnoticed by the great European leaders, citing in particular FC Barcelona. If the latter wants to afford the player, he will face stiff competition from other clubs, including Chelsea.
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But according to the “Football London” site, Barça, who are also targeting several players from the English championship, are preparing their plan to steal the Algerian international striker from Chelsea.
Indeed, he intends to take advantage of the current situation of the London club, which is prohibited from recruiting, to get ahead of him and convince Mahrez to come, when we know that Chelsea were preparing an offer for the player, before the said sanction was imposed on him, in order to make up for the possible departure of Timo Werner.
According to the same source, this is the “right” moment for Barça to jump at the chance to hire Riyad Mahrez and thus free him from his coach Pep Guardiola. The same source also reported that the Algeria international’s market value is estimated at £33.2m.
Man City will fight back
A few weeks ago, Manchester City announced that it will indeed offer a new contract to Riyad Mahrez at the request of coach Pep Guardiola.
Now that the courtiers seem to have stepped up the process to nab the Algerian right winger, Man City officials are not going to sit idly by, but rather take action.
It is expected that they will sit down with the Algerian around a table in the coming days and thus start concrete negotiations regarding the extension of the contract.
The Citizens intend to make an attractive offer to Mahrez in order to convince him to re-enlist. This will be the best way to block the way to courtiers and thus keep a player who remains a safe bet within the team.
It should be remembered that Riyad Mahrez did not take part in the last match of the English championship having opposed Man City Burnley, a match which was content to follow him from the bench of substitutes.
His coach Pep Guardiola spared him in anticipation of the African Champions League match against Athletico Madrid which will take place this evening at “Etihad Stadium” in Manchester. .
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